"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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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Meningitis, Viral" by people in Profiles.
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Recurrent benign lymphocytic meningitis. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Nov 01; 43(9):1194-7.
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Enteroviral meningitis: natural history and outcome of pleconaril therapy. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Jul; 50(7):2409-14.
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Varicella zoster virus meningitis in a previously immunized child. Pediatrics. 2004 Aug; 114(2):e273-4.
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Double blind placebo-controlled trial of pleconaril in infants with enterovirus meningitis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2003 Apr; 22(4):335-41.
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Encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus infection in the common vole, Microtus arvalis. Lab Anim. 1995 Apr; 29(2):180-4.
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Viral meningitis and encephalitis. Semin Neurol. 1992 Sep; 12(3):165-77.
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Non-productive paramyxovirus infection: Nariva virus infection in hamsters. Arch Virol. 1979; 62(3):229-40.
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Viruses and dementia. Contemp Neurol Ser. 1977; 15:93-112.