ALLMedicine™ Encephalitis Center

Mar 6th, 2021 - Ticks are obligate hematophagous parasites and are important vectors of a wide variety of pathogens. These pathogens include spirochetes in the genus Borrelia that cause Lyme disease, rickettsial pathogens, and tick-borne encephalitis virus, among...

Mar 4th, 2021 - To identify clinical variables that could predict the presence of autoantibodies in patients with acute encephalitis. An observational, retrospective study from May 2011 to May 2017. Clinical, EEG, brain MRI data, and antibodies against human neur...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - To treat intractable cases of autoimmune encephalitis, the need for novel immunotherapy that penetrates the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is increasing. Tofacitinib is a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor used to treat refractory immune-mediated diseases th...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - To evaluate the validity of the 2016 clinical diagnostic criteria proposed for probable anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis in children, we tested the criteria in a Japanese pediatric cohort. We retrospectively reviewed clinical information of...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Japanese encephalitis (JE) is an acute infectious disease caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and is transmitted by mosquitoes. Meteorological conditions are known to play a pivotal role in the spread of JEV. In this study, a zero-infl...

Nov 24th, 2019 - Humans have always lived in intimate association with arthropods that transmit pathogens between humans or from animals to humans. About 700,000 deaths due to vectorborne diseases occur globally each year, according to World Health Organization es...

Jul 28th, 2019 - Measles is one of the most highly transmissible diseases, with 90% of unvaccinated persons infected after contact.1 In 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared that measles was eliminated in the United States, but that e...

Jul 9th, 2019 - Eastern Equine Encephalitis is a rare disease that is caused by a virus spread by infected mosquitoes

Apr 3rd, 2019 - Education and information about the brain eating ameba Naegleria fowleri that causes encephalitis and death including frequently asked questions, biology, sources of infection, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control, and other publications a...

Nov 17th, 2018 - Rabies causes a viral encephalitis which kills up to 70,000 people/year worldwide. Infected animal saliva transmits the viral encephalitis to humans. Rabies is one of the oldest known diseases in history with cases dating back to 4000 years ago.

Mar 6th, 2021 - Ticks are obligate hematophagous parasites and are important vectors of a wide variety of pathogens. These pathogens include spirochetes in the genus Borrelia that cause Lyme disease, rickettsial pathogens, and tick-borne encephalitis virus, among...

Mar 4th, 2021 - To identify clinical variables that could predict the presence of autoantibodies in patients with acute encephalitis. An observational, retrospective study from May 2011 to May 2017. Clinical, EEG, brain MRI data, and antibodies against human neur...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - To treat intractable cases of autoimmune encephalitis, the need for novel immunotherapy that penetrates the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is increasing. Tofacitinib is a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor used to treat refractory immune-mediated diseases th...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - To evaluate the validity of the 2016 clinical diagnostic criteria proposed for probable anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis in children, we tested the criteria in a Japanese pediatric cohort. We retrospectively reviewed clinical information of...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Japanese encephalitis (JE) is an acute infectious disease caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and is transmitted by mosquitoes. Meteorological conditions are known to play a pivotal role in the spread of JEV. In this study, a zero-infl...

Oct 22nd, 2020 - After almost 2 decades of progress, the global state of measles vaccination and measles mortality is deteriorating. Vaccine hesitancy, natural disasters, geopolitical disruptions, and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic have combined to undermine ...

Oct 22nd, 2020 - After almost 2 decades of progress, the global state of measles vaccination and measles mortality is deteriorating. Vaccine hesitancy, natural disasters, geopolitical disruptions, and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic have combined to undermine ...

Aug 20th, 2020 - Use of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors in patients with autoimmune diseases may increase risk for inflammatory central nervous system (CNS) outcomes, new research suggests The nested case-control study included more than 200 participants wi...

Aug 20th, 2020 - Use of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors in patients with autoimmune diseases may increase risk for inflammatory central nervous system (CNS) outcomes, new research suggests The nested case-control study included more than 200 participants wi...

Aug 3rd, 2020 - Public Health England (PHE) reported a case of babesiosis and a probable case of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in England. This is the first record of a UK-acquired case of babesiosis and only the second case of TBE being acquired in the UK. Both ...