This is a comprehensive reference that includes the basic science, clinical features, imaging, pathology and treatment of specific viral entities affecting the central nervous system (CNS). It will assist professionals in their attempt to identify, examine and manage viral CNS infections and unravel the therapeutic and diagnostic challenges associated with viral CNS disorders.

Key Features:
- Features MRI scans, histopathology and lined diagrams showing pathophysiology
- Much has happened in our understanding of CNS infections in recent years and a comprehensive book that covers the entire subject is much needed
- There is ongoing interest in infectious disease. The increasing globalization of medicine is putting demands on many more people to become familiar with issues from around that world that they did not see in training

CONTENTS:
PART I. INTRODUCTION: EPIDEMIOLOGY, SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT, AND CHALLENGES AHEAD
1. Introduction to virus structure, classification, replication, and hosts
2. Neuropathogenesis of viral infections
3. An approach to pathogen discovery for viral infections of the nervous system
4. Neuropathology of CNS viral infections and the role of brain biopsy in the diagnosis
PART II. DNA VIRUSES
5. Herpes simplex viruses
6. Varicella zoster virus infection
7. Epstein-Barr virus and the nervous system
8. Cytomegalovirus
9. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
10. Adenovirus
PART III. RETROVIRUSES
11. HIV neurological complications
12. Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)
PART IV. RNA VIRUSES
13. Rabies and other lyssaviruses
14. Neurological manifestations of West Nile virus
15. Chikungunya virus and Japanese encephalitis virus
16. Arthropod-borne virus encephalitis
17. Enteroviruses
18. Measles and its neurological complications
19. Rubella
20. Influenza neurologic complications
21. Nipah encephalitis, a fatal encephalitis with bats as reservoir
PART 5. MISCELLANEOUS
22. Von Economo""s encephalitis
23. Neurological events following immunizations
24. Central nervous system viral infections complicating immunosuppression
25. Post-viral syndromes
26. Viral neuro-oncogenesis: Polyomaviruses and brain tumors
27. Autoimmune disorders that can be mistaken for viral illness
28. Antiviral therapeutics for viral infections of the central nervous system
29. Neurological manifestations of coronavirus infections