NR AMHL
AU Weiner,L.P.; Fleming,J.O.
TI Viral infections of the nervous system
QU Journal of Neurosurgery 1984 Aug; 61(2): 207-24
PT journal article; review
AB Neurotropic viruses cause a number of important infectious syndromes including encephalitis, myelitis, meningitis, and radiculopathy. In this review, the biology of conventional and unconventional viruses is examined. The host immune response to viruses is discussed, and patterns of viral pathogenesis are explained. The clinical features, laboratory findings, management of important viral infections, such as herpes simplex encephalitis and epidemic encephalitis, are presented. Post-infection syndromes, such as the Guillain-Barre syndrome, and chronic viral infections, such as those causing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, are discussed. Current knowledge concerning the nature of unconventional virus-like agents of the spongiform encephalopathies, including kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, is summarized. Finally, viral infections of immunocompromised patients and the possible role of viruses in the newly described acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are examined.
ZR 145
MH Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/immunology; Animal; Antibodies, Viral/analysis; Antibody Formation; Central Nervous System Diseases/*diagnosis/etiology/immunology; DNA, Viral; Encephalitis/diagnosis/drug therapy/etiology; Encephalitis, Arbovirus/etiology; Encephalomyelitis/etiology; Herpes Simplex/complications/diagnosis/drug therapy; Human; Immunity, Cellular; Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/diagnosis; RNA, Viral; Rabies; Rubella/diagnosis; Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis/diagnosis/etiology; Vidarabine/therapeutic use; Virus Diseases/complications/*diagnosis/immunology; Virus Replication
SP englisch
PO USA