Focal Encephalitis in Infectious Mononucleosis Simulating Herpes Simplex Encephalitis: Case Report

Dj, Thomson

doi:10.1093/milmed/140.3.188

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“…Moreover, non-specific focal features, diffuse slowing, and periodic Electroencephalography (EEG) complexes observed in EBV encephalitis resemble those observed in HSV encephalitis (102) (103). Recognition of EBV encephalitis is further confounded by the observation that while this disorder often occurs in tandem with other manifestations of IM, this is not always the case and EBV encephalitis can occur in the absence of systemic findings (104) (105) (106) (107) (108).…”

Section: Ebv Encephalitismentioning

confidence: 99%

Epstein-Barr virus infection in the development of neurological disorders

Soldan

Lieberman

2020

Drug Discovery Today: Disease Models

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The discovery of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as the first virus implicated as the causative agent of human cancer was both paradigm shifting and a result of one of the most intriguing, international medical detective stories of the 20 th century. This story begins in Africa with Denis Burkitt, a one-eyed, Protestant Irish surgeon who, after his service with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Kenya and Somaliland during World War II, established a medical practice in Uganda to help the people of Uganda "both medically and spiritually" (1). In 1958, Burkitt described an aggressive tumor of the jaw and face that was common to children living across central Africa (2). Although initially the apparent restriction to the jaw

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Section: Ebv Encephalitismentioning

confidence: 99%