aetiology
Last reviewed 01/2018
The most usual cause of encephalitis in the UK is herpes simplex virus. HIV infection is of increasing importance.
Other causes of encephalitis include:
- measles
- mumps
- poliomyelitis
- varicella
- subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
- progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy
- California bunyavirus
- Coxsackie virus
- cytomegalovirus
- Echo virus
- herpes zoster
- Behcet's syndrome
subacute sclerosing panencephalitis