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Also known as: encephalitis.
If the brain becomes infected and inflamed, this condition is often known as encephalitis. In most cases it causes flu-like symptoms and is fairly mild, but it can become life-threatening in rare instances.
A viral infection is the cause of viral encephalitis. Enterovirus, West Nile, Herpes, Epstein-Barr, varicella zoster and more are just a few of many viruses that cause viral encephalitis.
Reviewed by: Anuj Jayakar, MD
This page was last updated on: July 22, 2022 04:29 PM
The Division of Infectious Diseases at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital uses state-of-the-art diagnostic tools to identify acute or chronic viral and bacterial diseases, so that we can treat it effectively as quickly as possible.
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is a brain disorder that occurs more often in children than adults. It involves an inflammatory response in the brain causing alteration of mental state and other neurologic symptoms.
Epstein Barr is the name of the virus that most often causes Infectious mononucleosis, though it can also cause other illnesses.
Varicella-zoster virus is the virus that causes both chickenpox and shingles. Chickenpox can occur upon initial infection with the virus, while shingles tends to occur later in life when the dormant virus that caused chickenpox reactivates.