Viral Infections of the Human Nervous System

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jackson, Alan C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Molecular biology.; Virology.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Molecular Medicine.

Viral infections of the nervous system are important because they are associated with high morbidity and mortality. A variety of pathogenetic mechanisms are involved in these infections and an understanding of the pathogenesis is essential in understanding the diagnostic and clinical management aspe...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Encephalitis
• Measles Virus Infection and Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
• Epstein-Barr Virus and Cytomegalovirus Infections
• Herpes Simplex Virus Meningoencephalitis
• Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
• Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections
• Part II Meningitis
• Enterovirus Infections
• Part III Retroviruses
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection / AIDS
• Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Infection
• Part IV Viral Zoonoses
• Rabies
• West Nile Virus Infection
• Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infection
•  Chikungunya Virus Infection
• Nipah Virus Infection
• Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
• Part V Unconventional Agents
• Prion Diseases.