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Nervous System Diseases > Neuroinflammatory Diseases > Meningitis > Meningitis, Viral
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Infections > Virus Diseases > Central Nervous System Viral Diseases > Meningitis, Viral
Infections > Central Nervous System Infections > Central Nervous System Viral Diseases > Meningitis, Viral
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Infections > Central Nervous System Viral Diseases > Meningitis, Viral

Preferred term

Meningitis, Viral  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Viral Meningitis

Note

  • coordinate IM with specific virus disease (IM)

Scope note

  • Viral infections of the leptomeninges and subarachnoid space. TOGAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RUBELLA; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ORBIVIRUS infections; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; JC VIRUS infections; and RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS may cause this form of meningitis. Clinical manifestations include fever, headache, neck pain, vomiting, PHOTOPHOBIA, and signs of meningeal irritation. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp1-3)

In other languages

  • virusaivokalvotulehdus

    Finnish

  • meningitis viralis
  • meningitis viralis non specificata
  • määrittämätön virusaivokalvotulehdus
  • ospecificerad virusmeningit
  • seroosi aivokalvotulehdus
  • seroosi meningiitti
  • viraalinen aivokalvojen tulehdus
  • viraalinen aivokalvotulehdus
  • viraalinen meningiitti
  • virusmeningiitti
  • virusperäinen aivokalvojen tulehdus
  • virusperäinen aivokalvotulehdus
  • virusperäinen meningiitti
  • Viral meningit

    Swedish

  • Viral hjärnhinneinflammation

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008587

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