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Herpes Simplex Learning Center
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Warts are benign epidermal neoplasms that are caused by human papilloma viruses (HPVs), which are small DNA viruses. There are more than 100 different types of HPVs, and new types are discovered each year.
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Meningitis is the most common serious manifestation of infection of the central nervous system (CNS). Inflammatory involvement of the subarachnoid space with meningeal irritation leads to the classic triad of headache, fever and meningism, and to a pleocytosis in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
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The central nervous system (CNS) has no lymphatic system as such, and although usually well protected from direct infection, its resistance to any infection that does occur is low. The patterns of infective illness are relatively few, but the organisms that can produce disease are many.
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