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nouninflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
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- equine encephalomyelitis encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horse
- inclusion body encephalitis a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years
- arbovirus a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis
- van bogaert encephalitis a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years
- west nile virus the flavivirus that causes West Nile encephalitis
- sclerosing leukoencephalitis a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years
- encephalitis lethargica an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness
- acute inclusion body encephalitis common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes
- subacute inclusion body encephalitis a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years
- herpes encephalitis common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes