First watch the YouTube video, An Overview Of Infectious Encephalitis, Feb 18, 2020, from The Encephalitis Society.
The following is from Infectious Encephalitis from The Encephalitis Society:
Viruses are the most common cause of infectious encephalitis.
- human herpes viruses: herpes simplex type I, herpes simplex type II, varicella-zoster virus, Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus
- rash-causing viruses: mumps, measles, rubella
- throat and chest viruses: flu, enteroviruses
- gut viruses: enteroviruses, echo virus
- insect-borne viruses: Japanese encephalitis virus, West Nile virus
- tick-borne viruses: tick-borne encephalitis virus
Bacteria, fungus and parasites can cause infectious encephalitis more rarely.
- bacteria: mycoplasma, meningococcal, pneumococcal, listeria
- fungi: histoplasma, cryptococcus, candida
- parasites: malaria, toxoplasma
The following web pages are from The Encephalitis Society which I have reviewed:
- AMOEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS
- CHIKUNGUNYA ENCEPHALITIS
- ENTEROVIRUS ENCEPHALITIS
- HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS
- JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS
- MEASLES INFECTION AND ENCEPHALITIS
- RABIES
- WEST NILE ENCEPHALITIS
- ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION
Here are excerpts from Viral Encephalitis of Unknown Cause: Current Perspective and Recent Advances [PubMed Abstract] [Full Text HTML] [Full Text PDF]. Viruses. 2017 Jun; 9(6): 138.
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Here are excerpts from Diagnostic Testing Of Neurologic Infections [PubMed Abstract] [Full Text HTML] [Full Text PDF]. Neurol Clin. 2018 Nov; 36(4): 687–703.
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Here are excerpts from Clinical Metagenomic Sequencing for Diagnosis of Meningitis and Encephalitis [PubMed Abstract] [Full Text HTML] [Full Text PDF]. N Engl J Med. 2019 Jun 13;380(24):2327-2340.
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Here are excerpts from Metagenomics for neurological infections – expanding our imagination [PubMed Abstract] [Full Text HTML] [Full Text PDF]. Nat Rev Neurol. 2020 Oct;16(10):547-556. doi: 10.1038/s41582-020-0374-y. Epub 2020 Jul 13.
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