Encephalitis is a word that refers to the swelling or inflammation of the brain.
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Rockefeller's Jean - Laurent Casanova has identified mutations in a single gene that may explain what goes wrong in cases
of encephalitis of the brain stem, the part of the brain that controls many basic functions including heart rate and breathing.
Fort Collins, Colorado: The ecology of eastern
equine encephalitis virus in Minnesota. - Poster Competition.
«This novel method for saturating dried cerebrospinal fluid spots has the potential to enhance our knowledge of Japanese
encephalitis virus epidemiology, and inform health policies where they are most needed,» explains Dr. Tehmina Bharucha from LOMWRU and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
After a brain biopsy and an additional spinal tap, Najjar discovered that Cahalan had contracted a rare and potentially fatal autoimmune disease called NMDA receptor
autoimmune encephalitis, an attack on the brain by the body's immune system.
This was demonstrated in a most unfortunate and dramatic manner when it was shown that a commercial live canine coronavirus vaccine
caused encephalitis in most cases when it was used in combination with distemper virus vaccine.
Another example is the Supreme Court Case of Lapierre v. A.G, where damages were not awarded for the contraction of acute
viral encephalitis from a measles vaccine.
Unless you count the last time I experienced a near death experience with her about 15 years ago, when I saw her in the ER with another mystery illness they eventually diagnosed
as encephalitis.
Around 500,000 people are affected
by encephalitis globally and at least 6,000 in the UK each year ---LSB-...]
As New Scientist went to press, five patients who had recovered
from encephalitis caused by Nipah were readmitted to hospital with what looked like the same symptoms.
The Czech Republic belongs among the countries with the highest presence of tick -
borne encephalitis virus in Europe.
In an article published Online First in JAMA Neurology, researchers suggest that, while isolated psychiatric episodes are rare in anti-NMDAR
encephalitis cases, abnormal test findings or subtle neurological symptoms should prompt screening for the condition, as it is treatable with immunotherapies.
Infants aged < 9 months are at higher risk for
developing encephalitis from yellow fever vaccine, which is a live virus vaccine.
«While many patients with
Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis present with isolated psychiatric symptoms, most of these patients subsequently develop, in a matter of days, additional neurological symptoms which help to make the diagnosis of the disease.
She couldn't know that, five years after they met, he would begin to inject himself with a series of trial vaccines
for encephalitis, and start to experience symptoms of the disease, including «impaired judgment, inappropriate responses, memory loss, anxiety and personality changes».
I also had the opportunity to work on one pathological aspect of synapses, a disease known as
limbic encephalitis.
Stanczak escaped but was greatly weakened after
contracting encephalitis and ultimately lost the full use of his right arm.
In
anti-NMDAR encephalitis and other autoimmune disorders of the brain, the earlier immunotherapy begins, the more complete the recovery.
So we're talking about
post-vaccinal encephalitis from adjuvanted rabies vaccines with lots of immune system stimulants as well as from modified live distemper virus vaccines.
For decades, neurologists had known that damage to the hypothalamus — including that seen in the mysterious post-World War I
epidemic encephalitis lethargica — resulted in marked sleepiness.
This summer, many more Americans may have to choose between getting exposed to West
Nile encephalitis or getting sprayed with a mild neurotoxin.
Post vaccinal canine distemper
encephalitis occurs in young animals, especially those less than six months of age.
Ask your veterinarian about treatment with a preparation, Vira A, designed for human
herpes encephalitis, or he may have more recent advances.
In April 2010, she was advised that she had been suffering from herpes
simplex encephalitis in October 2007 and that this was the cause of her problems.
Two fatal cases of POW
encephalitis following infection with lineage II DTV [21, 23], were residents of Putnam County.
Encephalitis means «inflammation of the brain», whereas meningitis means «inflammation of the meninges».
An additional 10 cases of
encephalitis associated with yellow fever vaccine administered to infants aged < 4 months were reported worldwide during the 1950s.
Together with his colleagues, he turned to a brain - damaged patient called Roger who had suffered damage to the insula and ACC on both sides of the brain after suffering a serious bout of
hepatic encephalitis.
Asleep By Molly Caldwell Crosby (Penguin Group) Crosby's harrowing account traces seven case histories during the early - 1900s epidemic of
encephalitis lethargica, a sleeping sickness.
An innovative new technique could finally lead to an early diagnostic test for diseases such as Bovine
Spongiform Encephalitis (BSE), or «mad cow», and its human counterpart, variant Creutzfeldt - Jacob Disease (vCJD).
Phrases with «encephalitis»