Viral encephalitis

Viral encephalitis
Classification and external resources
ICD-9	062-064
MeSH	D018792

Viral encephalitis is a type of encephalitis caused by a virus.^[1]

It is unclear if anti seizure medications if used in all people with viral encephalitis would improve seizure related outcomes.^[2]

Types

Types of encephalitis include:

↑ "Viral Encephalitis: Overview - eMedicine Neurology". Retrieved 2009-03-07.
↑ Pandey, S; Rathore, C; Michael, BD (Oct 9, 2014). "Antiepileptic drugs for the primary and secondary prevention of seizures in viral encephalitis.". The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 10: CD010247. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD010247.pub2. PMID 25300175.

Encephalitis/ meningitis	DNA virus JCV Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy RNA virus MeV Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis LCV Lymphocytic choriomeningitis Arbovirus encephalitis Orthomyxoviridae (probable) Encephalitis lethargica RV Rabies Chandipura virus Herpesviral meningitis Ramsay Hunt syndrome type II

Myelitis	Poliovirus Poliomyelitis Post-polio syndrome HTLV-I Tropical spastic paraparesis

Eye	Cytomegalovirus Cytomegalovirus retinitis HSV Herpes of the eye

DNA virus	Epstein–Barr virus EBV infection/Infectious mononucleosis Cytomegalovirus

RNA virus	IV: SARS coronavirus Severe acute respiratory syndrome V: Orthomyxoviridae: Influenzavirus A/B/C Influenza/Avian influenza V, Paramyxoviridae: Human parainfluenza viruses Parainfluenza RSV hMPV

Pharynx/Esophagus	MuV Mumps Cytomegalovirus Cytomegalovirus esophagitis

Gastroenteritis/ diarrhea	DNA virus Adenovirus Adenovirus infection RNA virus Rotavirus Norovirus Astrovirus Coronavirus

Hepatitis	DNA virus HBV (B) RNA virus CBV HAV (A) HCV (C) HDV (D) HEV (E) HGV (G)

Pancreatitis	CBV

Index of viral disease

Description	Virus classification Viral proteins

Disease	Systemic HIV and AIDS influenza Cutaneous Zoster Human papillomavirus Zoonotic Symptoms and signs

Treatment	Drugs antiretroviral DNA RNA Vaccines

Brain	Encephalitis Viral encephalitis Herpesviral encephalitis Limbic encephalitis Encephalitis lethargica Cavernous sinus thrombosis Brain abscess Amoebic

Spinal cord	Myelitis: Poliomyelitis Demyelinating disease Transverse myelitis Tropical spastic paraparesis Epidural abscess

Both/either	Encephalomyelitis Acute disseminated Meningoencephalitis

Degenerative

Extrapyramidal and movement disorders	Basal ganglia disease Parkinsonism PD Postencephalitic NMS PKAN Tauopathy PSP Striatonigral degeneration Hemiballismus HD OA Dyskinesia Dystonia Status dystonicus Spasmodic torticollis Meige's Blepharospasm Athetosis Chorea Choreoathetosis Myoclonus Myoclonic epilepsy Akathisia Tremor Essential tremor Intention tremor Restless legs Stiff person

Dementia	Tauopathy Alzheimer's Early-onset Primary progressive aphasia Frontotemporal dementia/Frontotemporal lobar degeneration Pick's Dementia with Lewy bodies Posterior cortical atrophy Vascular dementia

Mitochondrial disease	Leigh's disease

Episodic/
paroxysmal

Seizure/epilepsy	Focal Generalised Status epilepticus Myoclonic epilepsy

Headache	Migraine Familial hemiplegic Cluster Tension

Cerebrovascular	TIA Amaurosis fugax Transient global amnesia Acute aphasia Stroke MCA ACA PCA Foville's Millard-Gubler Lateral medullary Weber's Lacunar stroke

Sleep disorders	Insomnia Hypersomnia Sleep apnea Obstructive Ondine's curse Narcolepsy Cataplexy Kleine-Levin Circadian rhythm sleep disorder Advanced sleep phase disorder Delayed sleep phase disorder Non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder Jet lag

Other

Both/either

Degenerative

SA	Friedreich's ataxia Ataxia telangiectasia

MND	UMN only: Primary lateral sclerosis Pseudobulbar palsy Hereditary spastic paraplegia LMN only: Distal hereditary motor neuropathies Spinal muscular atrophies SMA SMAX1 SMAX2 DSMA1 Congenital DSMA SMA-PCH SMA-LED SMA-PME Progressive muscular atrophy Progressive bulbar palsy Fazio–Londe Infantile progressive bulbar palsy both: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Index of the central nervous system

Description	Anatomy meninges cortex association fibers commissural fibers lateral ventricles basal ganglia diencephalon mesencephalon pons cerebellum medulla spinal cord tracts Physiology neutrotransmission enzymes intermediates Development

Disease	Cerebral palsy Meningitis Demyelinating diseases Seizures and epilepsy Headache Stroke Sleep Congenital Injury Neoplasms and cancer Other paralytic syndromes ALS Symptoms and signs head and neck eponymous lesions Tests CSF

Treatment	Procedures Drugs general anesthetics analgesics addiction epilepsy cholinergics migraine Parkinson's vertigo other