While up-to-date vaccines are the best front-line defence, Australian authorities suggested a range of precautions to avoid ...

Encephalitis is a medical emergency that inflames the brain and can turn life-threatening within hours. Experts explain its ...

Infectious disease researchers have identified Pteropine orthoreoviruses (PRVs), a group of newly emergent bat-borne viruses, ...

There’s so much to love about summer: long, sunny days, beach trips, laid-back vacations, and spending lots of time outside. But on the flipside, all that time outdoors can also mean sunburns, skinned ...

Encephalitis can be characterized as either primary or secondary. Whereas primary encephalitis arises when a virus or other type of agent directly infects the brain, secondary encephalitis is due to ...

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is so called because it was first reported from Japan and the major complication is encephalitis (inflammation of the brain). JE is the most important form of viral ...

Cameron Webb and the Department of Medical Entomology, NSW Health Pathology, have been engaged by a wide range of insect repellent and insecticide manufacturers to provide testing of products and ...

Autoimmune limbic encephalitis is an inflammatory disease involving the medial temporal lobes; it classically presents with the subacute onset of short-term memory deficits, seizures or psychiatric ...

Anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis was first reported to develop in female young adults with ovarian teratoma. However, another study with a larger cohort reported that more than one-third of all ...

Encephalitis is a serious neurologic syndrome characterized by brain inflammation that may be fatal. Although the majority of cases are caused by viruses, the identification of a causal organism can ...

Queensland has recorded its first locally acquired human case of mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis in more than two decades. It has been declared an issue of national significance, prompting ...