On World Encephalitis Day, experts urge early recognition and timely treatment to prevent lifelong disability or death ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Ever since I had my son, I tend to worry whenever he gets ill, so I try to educate myself on different viruses and autoimmune disorders. I recently came across encephalitis. What is ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please ...

Commonly found viruses such as the parvovirus B19 (PVB19) can cause serious brain infections like encephalitis, said researchers from the AIIMS Bhopal on Saturday. Parvovirus B19 is a common virus ...

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 ...

Right now, neurologists don’t have one test that can identify multiple causes of inflammatory neurological diseases such as encephalitis and meningitis. But UC San Francisco researchers say their new ...

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office has confirmed reports detailing new health complications that may have resulted from the congressional giant’s bout with shingles. Her spokesman Adam Russell ...

The disease affected millions, but to this day has not been satisfactorily explained. The symptoms were pretty distressing.