Encephalitis means «inflammation of the brain» -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
Memorial Day signals the start of warm weather that
means prime breeding conditions for mosquitoes and every year, it
means health officials throughout the region go on the offensive as the West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine
Encephalitis can begin percolating among the insects that live here.
It notes some of the critical scientific questions regarding Zika that deserve further exploration, including: whether certain viral mutations occurred to facilitate its geographical spread; if different species of Aedes mosquitoes are capable of transmitting Zika and what that may
mean for future transmission; what is apparently unique to Zika compared to other more well - known flaviviruses, such as dengue, that can explain why it can cause congenital infections, neurological conditions and
encephalitis, transmit sexually and persist for long periods of time in multiple parts of the human body; and whether preexisting immunity to other related flaviviruses may impact Zika exposure and infection.
This inflammation can be caused by infection of the brain (bacterial, viral, fungal and parasites are examples of infectious causes of
encephalitis) or can be immune - mediated; which
means the body's immune system is malfunctioning and creating abnormal inflammation for reasons we do not fully understand.
Encephalitis literally
means inflammation of the brain.
Overview
Encephalitis literally
means inflammation of the brain.
But that does not
mean that they're not also going to be concerned about a «host» of other factors that may have led up to you contracting
encephalitis in the first place.