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aseptic meningitis

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aseptic meningitis [ā′sep·tik ‚men·ən′jīd·əs]
(medicine)
A type of meningitis in which the raised cell count in the cerebrospinal fluid is predominantly lymophocytic; usually caused by a viral infection, but can result from other causes.
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More severe consequences also have been ascribed to HPeV infections, including acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) (3), encephalitis (8), aseptic meningitis (9), myocarditis (10), neonatal sepsis (11), and Reye syndrome (6), Nonpolio AFP may be caused by many viruses, including nonpolio enteroviruses, human adenoviruses, herpes simplex virus, Epstein-Barr virus, and West Nile virus (12).
Genomic characterization of novel human parechovirus type by Li, Linlin; Victoria, Joseph; Kapoor, Amit; Naeem, Asif; Shaukat, Shahzad; Sharif, Salmaan; Alam, Mu / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Actually, it was aseptic meningitis, or swelling of the cerebral cortex, which happened every time he got a monthly IV infusion.
Plasma keeps boy alive; Red Cross drive to raise awareness by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
This result agreed with the finding of Riding, Stewart, Clements, and Galbraith (1996), who used RT-PCR and observed a year-round occurrence of enteroviruses associated with aseptic meningitis.
Enterovirus circulation in wastewater and behavior of some serotypes ... by Aouni, Mahjoub / Journal of Environmental Health
 
 
 
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