"Meningitis, Viral" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Viral infections of the leptomeninges and subarachnoid space. TOGAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RUBELLA; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ORBIVIRUS infections; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; JC VIRUS infections; and RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS may cause this form of meningitis. Clinical manifestations include fever, headache, neck pain, vomiting, PHOTOPHOBIA, and signs of meningeal irritation. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp1-3)
| Descriptor ID |
D008587
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.182.550 C10.228.228.245.500 C10.228.614.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Meningitis, Viral- Meningitis, Viral
- Meningitides, Viral
- Viral Meningitides
- Viral Meningitis
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Meningitis, Viral" by people in Profiles.
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Pediatric West Nile Virus-Associated Neuroinvasive Disease: A Review of the Literature. Pediatr Neurol. 2019 03; 92:16-25.
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Impact of Enteroviral Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing on Length of Stay for Infants 60 Days Old or Younger. J Pediatr. 2017 10; 189:169-174.e2.
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Use of Testing for West Nile Virus and Other Arboviruses. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 09; 22(9).
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Long-term neurological outcomes in West Nile virus-infected patients: an observational study. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 May; 92(5):1006-1012.
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The clinical diagnostic significance of cerebrospinal fluid D-lactate for bacterial meningitis. Clin Chim Acta. 2012 Oct 09; 413(19-20):1512-5.
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Pediatric West Nile virus infection: neurologic disease presentations during the 2002 epidemic in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Aug; 25(8):751-3.
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Fatal Epstein-Barr virus meningitis: an autopsy report. Clin Neuropathol. 2006 May-Jun; 25(3):115-22.
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Differences in laboratory findings for cerebrospinal fluid specimens obtained from patients with meningitis or encephalitis due to herpes simplex virus (HSV) documented by detection of HSV DNA. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Aug 15; 35(4):414-9.
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Application of a real-time polymerase chain reaction with internal positive control for detection and quantification of enterovirus in cerebrospinal fluid. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2002 Jul; 21(7):532-6.
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Interferon-gamma in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with viral and bacterial meningitis. Scand J Infect Dis. 1994; 26(2):141-7.