Viral infections of the central nervous system

SK Handique - Neuroimaging Clinics, 2011 - neuroimaging.theclinics.com
Viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS) in humans are uncommon, not because
viruses lack neuroinvasive potential, but because access to the CNS is prevented by various …

Imaging of central nervous system viral diseases

RK Gupta, N Soni, S Kumar… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are commonly encountered and there
has been continued emergence of new neurotropic viruses which are being frequently …

Neuroimaging of viral infections of the central nervous system

M Mahan, M Karl, S Gordon - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2014 - Elsevier
Imaging plays a crucial role in the workup of patients with a suspected viral disease of the
central nervous system. While computed tomography (CT) provides limited diagnostic …

Imaging of nonspecific (nonherpetic) acute viral infections

RK Gupta, KK Jain, S Kumar - Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, 2008 - Elsevier
Viral encephalitis is an acute infection of brain parenchyma that presents with fever,
headache, focal and generalized neurologic symptoms and signs, seizures, and …

Viral diseases of the central nervous system

PA Swanson II, DB McGavern - Current opinion in virology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•A diverse spectrum of viruses can enter the CNS, causing acute and chronic
neurological disorders.•Virus-induced CNS diseases are influenced by routes of viral entry …

Neuropathology of viral infections of the central nervous system

SK Shankar, A Mahadevan, JME Kovoor - Neuroimaging Clinics of North …, 2008 - Elsevier
Many viral infections of the nervous system cause stereotyped pathologic features and
overlapping clinical and imaging features. Neuroimaging usually offers neuroanatomical …

Update on neuroimaging in infectious central nervous system disease

M Maschke, O Kastrup, M Forsting… - Current opinion in …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
The diagnosis of unclear infectious central nervous system diseases remains a challenge.
More recent magnetic resonance imaging techniques, such as diffusion-weighted imaging …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic resonance imaging findings in viral encephalitis: a pictorial essay

K Jayaraman, R Rangasami… - … of neurosciences in …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Viral encephalitis by definition is the result of human virus affecting the brain and sparing the
meninges. The other nervous system manifestations are meningitis, meningoencephalitis …

Pathogenesis and diagnosis of viral infections of the nervous system

EJ Wright, BJ Brew, SL Wesselingh - Neurologic clinics, 2008 - Elsevier
Viral infections of the central nervous system are common and manifest as both acute and
chronic illnesses in adults and children. In this article we review cells of the healthy nervous …

Management of viral central nervous system infections: a primer for clinicians

PB Bookstaver, PL Mohorn, A Shah… - Journal of central …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Viruses are a common cause of central nervous system (CNS) infections with many host,
agent, and environmental factors influencing the expression of viral diseases. Viruses can …