Edited by David A. Warrell, Timothy M. Cox, and John D. Firth

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: May 2010

Print ISBN-13:: 9780199204854

Published online:: May 2010

DOI:: 10.1093/med/9780199204854.001.1

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Viral infections

Chapter:: Viral infections

Author(s):: Jeremy Farrar
, Bridgit Wills
, Menno De Jong
, and David A Warrell

DOI:: 10.1093/med/9780199204854.003.0241102

A relevant case history from Neurological Case Histories: Case Histories in Acute Neurology and the Neurology of General Medicine has been added to this chapter.

Case History—A 29 yr old man presenting with headache, depressed mood and apathy.

Enteroviruses are responsible for 80 to 90% and mumps for 10 to 20% of diagnosed cases of viral meningitis, with many other viruses sometimes incriminated with considerable geographical and seasonal variation....

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Viral infections

Jeremy Farrar

, Bridgit Wills

, Menno De Jong

, and David A Warrell