Clinical Neurovirology

Description:

This is a comprehensive reference that includes the basic science, clinical features, imaging, pathology and treatment of specific viral entities affecting the central nervous system (CNS). It will assist professionals in their attempt to identify, examine and manage viral CNS infections and unravel the therapeutic and diagnostic challenges associated with viral CNS disorders. Key Features Features MRI scans, histopathology and lined diagrams showing pathophysiology Much has happened in our understanding of CNS infections in recent years and a comprehensive book that covers the entire subject is much needed. There is ongoing interest in infectious disease. The increasing globalization of medicine is putting demands on many more people to become familiar with issues from around that world that they did not see in training.

Table of Contents:

Contributors

PART I INTRODUCTION: EPIDEMIOLOGY, SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT, AND CHALLENGES AHEAD

1 Introduction to virus structure, classification, replication, and hosts

2 Neuropathogenesis of viral infections

3 An approach to pathogen discovery for viral infections of the nervous system

4 Neuropathology of CNS viral infections and the role of brain biopsy in the diagnosis

PART II DNA VIRUSES

5 Herpes simplex viruses

6 Varicella zoster virus infection

7 Epstein–Barr virus and the nervous system

8 Cytomegalovirus

9 Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

10 Adenovirus

PART III RETROVIRUSES

11 HIV neurological complications

12 Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)

PART IV RNA VIRUSES

13 Rabies and other lyssaviruses

14 Neurological manifestations of West Nile virus

15 Chikungunya virus and Japanese encephalitis virus

16 Arthropod-borne virus encephalitis

17 Enteroviruses

18 Measles and its neurological complications

19 Rubella

20 Influenza neurologic complications

21 Nipah encephalitis, a fatal encephalitis with bats as reservoir

PART V MISCELLANEOUS

22 Von Economo’s encephalitis

23 Neurological events following immunizations

24 Central nervous system viral infections complicating immunosuppression

25 Post-viral syndromes

26 Viral neuro-oncogenesis: Polyomaviruses and brain tumors

27 Autoimmune disorders that can be mistaken for viral illness

28 Antiviral therapeutics for viral infections of the central nervous system

29 Neurological manifestations of coronavirus infections

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