"Meningitis, Viral" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Viral infections of the leptomeninges and subarachnoid space. TOGAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RUBELLA; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ORBIVIRUS infections; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; JC VIRUS infections; and RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS may cause this form of meningitis. Clinical manifestations include fever, headache, neck pain, vomiting, PHOTOPHOBIA, and signs of meningeal irritation. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp1-3)
| Descriptor ID |
D008587
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.182.550 C10.228.228.245.500 C10.228.614.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Meningitis, Viral- Meningitis, Viral
- Meningitides, Viral
- Viral Meningitides
- Viral Meningitis
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