Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Key Takeaways Meningitis causes swelling in the membranes around the brain and spinal ...

Encephalitis can be characterized as either primary or secondary. Whereas primary encephalitis arises when a virus or other type of agent directly infects the brain, secondary encephalitis is due to ...

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An artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of early classification of the causes of meningitis and encephalitis has been developed. Professor Park Yoorang from the Department of Biomedical Systems ...

Recent research published in Journal of Neurochemistry, has shown that Japanese encephalitis virus, commonly known as brain fever, damages the brain in two ways -- not only killing brain cells but ...

Less than half of encephalitis cases in England have a proven infectious cause, of these herpes simplex virus and varicella zoster virus are the most common causes. Immune-mediated disease, in which ...

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Eastern equine encephalitis, also called EEE or triple E, is a virus that spreads from infected mosquitoes to horses and people. These mosquitoes generally live in freshwater swamps. The virus is ...

The mosquito-borne virus chikungunya can lead to severe encephalitis and even death, especially in young babies and older adults, a new study has found. The study, published online November 25 in ...

Anti-α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor limbic encephalitis is a rare neurological disorder often associated with malignancies. We present the case of a patient in ...

A case of encephalitis arising from a shingles outbreak, medically known as varicella zoster virus, or VZV, encephalitis, is “extremely rare,” according to Dr. Avindra Nath, clinical director of the ...