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Descriptor English: Meningitis, Viral
Descriptor Spanish: Meningitis Viral
Descriptor meningitis vírica
Entry term(s) meningitis viral
Scope note: Infección vírica de las leptomeninges y del espacio subaracnoideo. Las INFECCIONES POR TOGAVIRIDAE, INFECCIONES POR FLAVIVIRIDAE, RUBÉOLA, INFECCIONES POR BUNYAVIRIDAE, infecciones por ORBIVIRUS, INFECCIONES POR PICORNAVIRIDAE, INFECCIONES POR ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE, INFECCIONES POR RHABDOVIRIDAE, INFECCIONES POR ARENAVIRIDAE, INFECCIONES POR HERPESVIRIDAE, INFECCIONES POR ADENOVIRIDAE, infecciones por POLYOMAVIRUS JC e INFECCIONES POR RETROVIRIDAE pueden ocasionar esta forma de meningitis. Clínicamente se manifiesta por fiebre, cefalea, dolor en el cuello, vómitos, FOTOFOBIA y signos de irritación meníngea. (Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp. 1-3)
Descriptor Portuguese: Meningite Viral
Descriptor French: Méningite virale
Entry term(s): Meningitides, Viral
Viral Meningitides
Viral Meningitis
Tree number(s): C01.207.245.500
C01.925.182.550
C10.228.228.245.500
C10.586.625.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008587
Scope note: 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)
Annotation: coordinate IM with specific virus disease (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 8757
Unique ID: D008587
NLM Classification: WC 540
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/07/01
Meningitis, Viral - Preferred
Concept UI M0013371
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Meningitis, Viral
Entry term(s) Meningitides, Viral
Viral Meningitides
Viral Meningitis



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