ENCEPHALITIS

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

 

9077.  Bosanko CM, Gilroy J, Wang AM, Sanders W, Dulai M, Wilson J, Blum K.  West nile virus encephalitis involving the substantia nigra: neuroimaging and pathologic findings with literature review. Arch Neurol. 2003 Oct;60(10):1448-52.

9078.  Gandelman-Marton R, Kimiagar I, Itzhaki A, Klein C, Theitler J, Rabey JM.  Electroencephalography findings in adult patients with West Nile virus-associated meningitis and meningoencephalitis. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 1;37(11):1573-8. Epub 2003 Oct 14.

9079.  O'Sullivan CE, Aksamit AJ, Harrington JR, Harmsen WS, Mitchell PS, Patel R.  Clinical spectrum and laboratory characteristics associated with detection of herpes simplex virus DNA in cerebrospinal fluid. Mayo Clin Proc. 2003 Nov;78(11):1347-52.

9080.  Pandey B, Yamamoto A, Morita K, Kurosawa Y, Rai S, Adhikari S, Kandel P, Kurane I.  Serodiagnosis of Japanese encephalitis among Nepalese patients by the particl agglutination assay. Epidemiol Infect. 2003 Oct;131(2):881-5.

9081.  Pisani F, Costa C, Oteri G, Loli A. Identification of amoebae in the CSF in a patient with meningoencephalitis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2003 Oct;74(10):1445-6.

Pathogenesis:

9082.  Hotzel I, Cheevers WP. Caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus envelope surface glycoprotein regions interacting with the transmembrane glycoprotein: structural and functional parallels with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp120. J Virol. 2003 Nov;77(21):11578-87.

9083.  O'Neill FJ, Greenlee JE, Dorries K, Clawson SA, Carney H.  Propagation of archetype and nonarchetype JC virus variants in human fetal brain cultures: demonstration of interference activity by archetype JC virus. J Neurovirol. 2003 Oct;9(5):567-76.

Therapy:

9084.  Food and Drug Administration, HHS. Medical devices; immunology and microbiology devices; classification of the West Nile Virus IgM capture Elisa assay. Final rule. Fed Regist. 2003 Oct 30;68(210):61743-5.

9085.  Hemachudha T, Wacharapluesadee S, Lumlertdaecha B, Orciari LA, Rupprecht CE, La-Ongpant M, Juntrakul S, Denduangboripant J. Sequence analysis of rabies virus in humans exhibiting encephalitic or paralytic rabies. J Infect Dis. 2003 Oct 1;188(7):960-6. Epub 2003 Sep 23.

9086.  O'Neill FJ, Greenlee JE, Dorries K, Clawson SA, Carney H. Propagation of archetype and nonarchetype JC virus variants in human fetal brain cultures: demonstration of interference activity by archetype JC virus. J Neurovirol. 2003 Oct;9(5):567-76.

 

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