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Encephalitis Learning Center
- Measles
- West Nile Virus
- Rabies
- Herpes Simplex
- Mumps
- Chicken Pox
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Young child
- Adenovirus Infection
- Herpes
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Elderly
- Shingles
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Contact With Infected Person
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Contaminated Food Intake
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Measles is an infection caused by a virus, which causes an illness displaying a characteristic skin rash known as an exanthem. Measles is also sometimes called rubeola, five-day measles, or hard measles.
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Measles is a very contagious (easily spread) illness caused by a virus.
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Measles is a viral infection that causes an illness displaying a characteristic skin rash known as an exanthem. Measles is also sometimes called rubeola, five-day measles, or hard measles.
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A highly contagious disease, also known as measles, for which there is a vaccine available. Rubeola, also known as measles, is a serious and highly contagious disease. It is spread by airborne droplets that are introduced into the atmosphere when ...
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Measles is an infection, caused by a virus, which causes an illness displaying a characteristic skin rash. Measles is also sometimes called rubeola, 5-day measles, or hard measles.
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The West Nile virus is an arbovirus (meaning it is spread by mosquitos, ticks, or other arthropods) that can cause infections in animals and humans; in some cases, the infections can lead to fatal meningitis or encephalitis, which are inflammation...
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West Nile virus is a disease spread by mosquitos. The condition ranges from mild to severe.
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A viral disease that is fatal in humans if not treated immediately. It typically spreads to humans from animals through a scratch or a bite and causes inflammation of the brain. Although the vaccine first used in 1885 is widely used today, fatalit...
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Rabies is an often deadly viral infection that is mainly spread by infected animals.
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Rabies is a viral disease of wild and domestic animals. It is particularly prevalent in feral dogs, while humans are occasional victims. The virus is transmitted in saliva and enters the body through puncture wounds caused by bites, or via abrasio...
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Rabies is an acute viral disease of the central nervous system that is transmitted through saliva from the bite of an infected animal.
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Rabies is a viral illness that can affect any mammal but is most common in carnivores (flesh-eaters). It is sometimes referred to as a zoonosis, or disease of animals that can be communicated to humans. Rabies is usually transmitted in the saliva ...
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Rabies is an acute viral disease of the central nervous system that affects humans and other mammals. It is almost exclusively transmitted through saliva from the bite of an infected animal. Another name for the disease is hydrophobia , which lite...
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Herpes simplex is a viral infection that mainly affects the mouth or genital area.
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Herpes simples virus (HSV, or herpesvirus) is a virus that causes infection of skin and mucous membrane and rarely infects other parts of the body. However, in the immunosuppressed patient, HSV may cause pneumonia and other more severe infections....
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Virus that causes blister-like open sores, usually on the mouth or genitals of the infected person. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) exists in two known forms. HSV type 1 causes sores to erupt near the mouth; HSV type two causes sores to erupt on the ge...
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Herpes is an infection caused by a herpes simplex virus 1 or 2, and it primarily affects the mouth or genital area.
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Mumps is a contagious disease that leads to painful swelling of the salivary glands. The salivary glands produce saliva, a liquid that moistens food and helps you chew and swallow. See also: Salivary gland infections
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Figure 1 Mumps is an acute infectious disease caused by a paramyxovirus. Humans are the only known natural host. Mumps disease is usually mild, characterized by fever and swelling of one or both parotid salivary glands. The parotiditis usually dev...
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Mumps is a relatively mild short-term viral infection of the salivary glands that usually occurs during childhood. Typically, mumps is characterized by a painful swelling of both cheek areas, although the person could have swelling on one side or ...
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A viral infection that causes swelling of the salivary glands, the glands that produce saliva in the mouth, for which there is a vaccine available. Most children are immunized against mumps when they receive the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, rubell...
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Mumps is a relatively mild short-term viral infection of the salivary glands that usually occurs during childhood.
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Mumps is a relatively mild, short-term viral infection of the salivary glands that usually occurs during childhood. Typically, mumps is characterized by a painful swelling of both cheek areas, although the person could have swelling on one side or...
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Varicella, or chickenpox, is an acute communicable disease characterized by a generalized vesicular rash. Because it is highly contagious, most individuals contract it in childhood.
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Chickenpox (also called varicella) is a common and extremely infectious childhood disease that also affects adults on occasion. It produces an itchy, blistery rash that typically lasts about a week and is sometimes accompanied by a fever or other ...
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Chickenpox is one of the classic childhood diseases. A child or adult with chickenpox may develop hundreds of itchy, fluid-filled blisters that burst and form crusts. Chickenpox is caused by a virus. The virus that causes chickenpox is varicella-z...
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Varicella-zoster virus is the causal agent of varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles). Varicella, the primary varicella-zoster virus infection, is predominantly a childhood disease in non-vaccinated populations.
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Chickenpox (also called varicella) is a common, extremely infectious, rash-producing childhood disease that also affects adults on occasion.
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Chickenpox (varicella) is a common and extremely infectious childhood disease that also occasionally affects adults. It produces an itchy, blistery rash that typically lasts about a week and is sometimes accompanied by a fever or other symptoms.
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Highly contagious childhood disease caused by the varicella zoster virus, and for which there is a vaccine to provide immunity. Chicken pox is a highly contagious childhood disease that, until the vaccine became available in the mid-1990s, affecte...
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Disease commonly known as chicken pox. Varicella, commonly known as chicken pox, is a highly contagious disease for which a vaccine became available in the 1990s.
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Adenoviruses are small infectious agents that cause upper respiratory tract infections, conjunctivitis , and other infections in humans.
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Adenoviruses are DNA viruses (small infectious agents) that cause upper respiratory tract infections, conjunctivitis , and other infections in humans.
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The following Clinical Topic Tour provides an overview of (HZ) and was adapted from materials published by the CDC, the US Food and Drug Administration, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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Shingles, also called herpes zoster, gets its name from both the Latin and French words for belt or girdle and refers to girdle-like skin eruptions that may occur on the trunk of the body. The virus that causes chickenpox , the varicella zoster vi...
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Shingles (herpes zoster) is a painful, blistering skin rash due to the varicella-zoster virus, the virus that causes chickenpox. See also: Ramsay Hunt syndrome
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Shingles, also called herpes zoster, gets its name from both the Latin and French words for belt or girdle and refers to girdle-like skin eruptions that may occur on the trunk of the body. The virus that causes chickenpox , the Varicella zoster vi...
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Chicken pox (varicella) is a highly infectious, acute viral illness caused by the varicella zoster virus. The illness is characterized by a generalized pruritic, vesicular rash with fever and systemic symptoms usually lasting from seven to ten day...
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Herpes zoster, also called shingles, and referred to as "zosteer", gets its name from both the Latin and French words for belt or girdle and refers to belt-like skin eruptions that may occur on the trunk of the body. The virus Shingles, or herpes ...
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Shingles is infection by the varicella-zoster virus of the dorsal root ganglia of the spine. Equivalent terms for shingles are herpes zoster, zoster, zona, or acute posterior ganglionitis.
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Rubella, also called German measles or three-day measles, is a highly contagious viral disease that in most children and adults causes mild symptoms of low fever , swollen glands, joint pain , and a fine red rash. Although rubella causes only mild...
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Rubella is a contagious infection in which there is a rash on the skin.
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Rubella, also known as German measles or three-day measles, is a mild, self-limited viral disease. Humans are the only known natural host. In up to 50 percent of persons who are not immune, a diffuse maculopapular red rash develops in two to three...
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A highly contagious disease, also known as German or three-day measles, for which there is a vaccine available. Rubella, or German measles, is caused by the rubella virus. Since 1969, an immunization has been given to nearly all children in indust...
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Rubella is a highly contagious viral disease, spread through contact with discharges from the nose and throat of an infected person. A person infected with the rubella virus is contagious for about seven days before any symptoms appear and continu...
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Rubella is a highly contagious viral disease, spread through contact with discharges from the nose and throat of an infected person. Although rubella causes only mild symptoms of low fever , swollen glands, joint pain , and a fine red rash in most...
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Pneumonia is a lung infection that can be caused by many different germs, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. This article discusses describes pneumonia that occurs in a person whose ability to fight infection is greatly reduced because their ...
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