Chicken Mite (Other Common Names: Poultry Red Mite, Roost Mite) Dermanyssus gallinae (De Geer) (Arachnida: Acari: Dermanyssidae) by Ethen T. Carter, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman

“…It is a known vector for the St. Louis encephalitis virus, as well as other illnesses, such as fowl pox virus, Newcastle virus, and fowl cholera. …”
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Public communication and outreach by mosquito programs in the United States. by Nicole Thomas, Jo Anne G Balanay, Sachiyo Shearman, Stephanie L Richards

“…Blood feeding female mosquitoes cause itchy welts and can transmit pathogens that cause diseases such as chikungunya, malaria, West Nile encephalitis, and Zika. Mosquito control programs conduct mosquito, pathogen, and epidemiological surveillance, carry out source reduction, treat mosquito habitats with larvicides or adulticides, and disseminate information to the public. …”
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An open window: the crucial role of the gut-brain axis in neurodevelopmental outcomes post-neurocritical illness by Victoria Ronan

“…The most common diagnoses for a neurocritical illness admission include traumatic brain injury, status epilepticus, post-cardiac arrest, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, meningo/encephalitis, and stroke. The gut-brain axis is crucial to childhood development, particularly neurodevelopment. …”
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Bacillus cereus Typhlitis in a Patient with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by James D. Denham, Sowmya Nanjappa, John N. Greene

“…Individual case reports and case series exist in the literature describing various clinical manifestations of B. cereus in the neutropenic patient including bacteremia/septicemia, pneumonia, meningitis/encephalitis, hepatic abscesses, and gastritis. In this report, we describe a case of typhlitis caused by B. cereus in a 74-year-old female with recently diagnosed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), and we summarize the available English language literature to draw tentative conclusions regarding the clinical manifestations of this organism.…”
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Chicken Mite (Other Common Names: Poultry Red Mite, Roost Mite) Dermanyssus gallinae (De Geer) (Arachnida: Acari: Dermanyssidae) by Ethen T. Carter, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman

“…It is a known vector for the St. Louis encephalitis virus, as well as other illnesses, such as fowl pox virus, Newcastle virus, and fowl cholera. …”
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Suitability of Commercial Transport Media for Biological Pathogens under Nonideal Conditions by Kyle Hubbard, Gregory Pellar, Peter Emanuel

“…This study evaluates commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) transport media based on sample recovery, viability, and quality of nucleic acids and peptides for nonpathogenic strains of Bacillus anthracis, Yersinia pestis, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, in addition to ricin toxin. Samples were stored in COTS, PBST, or no media at various temperatures over an extended test period. …”
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Metabolomic Analysis of Key Regulatory Metabolites in the Urine of Flavivirus-Infected Mice by Xiaoyan Zheng, Ran Wang

“…Dengue virus (DENV), Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), and Zika virus (ZIKV) are several important flaviviruses, and infections caused by these flaviviruses remain worldwide health problems. …”
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Coinfection with Rickettsia helvetica and Herpes Simplex Virus 2 in a Young Woman with Meningoencephalitis by Kenneth Nilsson, Katarina Wallménius, Carl Påhlson

“…Since she was exposed to ticks, Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis were excluded. Further investigation in an ongoing project, using PCR and sequencing of the amplified products, showed the presence of Rickettsia helvetica in the cerebrospinal fluid. …”
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When the Stomach Pain Is Literally “In Your Head” by D. Jakubauskas, M. Sarafinaitė, R. Mameniškienė

“…Temporal lobe epilepsy often has no clear cause, although it may be associated with diseases such as temporal lobe sclerosis, dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumours, and other benign tumours, as well as arterio-venous malformations, gliomas, defects in neuronal migration, or lesions of the cortex caused by encephalitis. AE is more common in children but has been reported in adults. …”
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Hemorrhagic Bronchopneumonia in Adults with Chickenpox. A Case Report by Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés, Gloria Susana Fabra Aguirre, Maury Llana Rodríguez, Yovanis Iser Filtres

“…Among the most lethal complications we can find pneumonia and bronchopneumonia, injuries overinfection caused by streptococci and staphylococci with severe sepsis, diverse bleeding, encephalitis, shock, hemorrhagic nephritis with renal failure and necrotizing fasciitis, among others. …”
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The Demise of Poskanzer and Schwab’s Influenza Theory on the Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease by Danny Estupinan, Sunina Nathoo, Michael S. Okun

“…Current research has revealed that there are many potential causes and factors important in the occurrence of Parkinson’s disease, postencephalitic Parkinsonism, and encephalitis lethargica. Poskanzer and Schwab presented a novel hypothesis; however, it was proven false by a combination of research and time.…”
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The Fractured Self: Exploring Selfhood in the Neuronovel The Echo Maker and the Neuromemoir Brain on Fire by Bonnie Cross

“…This paper will focus on two works: the neuronovel The Echo Maker (2006) by Richard Powers, a fictional account of Mark Schluter who suffers from Capgras Syndrome, that is, a rare neurological condition that results in the patient’s belief that their loved ones have been replaced with exact copies; and the neuromemoir Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (2012) by Susannah Cahalan, which describes Cahalan’s experiences as she is diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, a rare auto-immune disease. Both works have protagonists that suffer from a serious brain illness and must rely on their own perceptions, those of family and friends, and neuroscientific research in order to heal and create a more cohesive sense of self again. …”
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A concise guide on the bionomics and key morphological characteristics for identifying Aedes pertinax (Grabham, 1906) – a mosquito species from neotropics by Ana L. Romero-Weaver, Michael T. Riles, Kristin Sloyer, Yoosook Lee, Lindsay P. Campbell, Bryan V. Giordano

“…Atlanticus, another mosquito in the Protoculex Group, is a vector of the Keystone virus and the West Nile virus, which have the potential to cause encephalitis and death. Moreover, Ae. serratus, once classified as synonym of Ae. pertinax, was reported infected with yellow fever in Brazil in 2008. …”
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Aseptic Meningitis Caused by Lassa Virus: Case Series Report by Peter O. Okokhere, Idowu A. Bankole, Christopher O. Iruolagbe, Benard E. Muoebonam, Martha O. Okonofua, Simeon O. Dawodu, George O. Akpede

“…Whereas Lassa fever encephalopathy and encephalitis are well described in the literature, there is paucity of data on Lassa virus meningitis. …”
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A Brief Report of West Nile Virus Neuroinvasive Disease in the Summer of 2012 in Hamilton, Ontario by Lei Jiao, Cheryl Main

“…According to the clinical and laboratory criteria published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, five cases were diagnosed as encephalitis, one case as meningitis and one case as meningomyelitis. …”
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Anti-HSV-1 agents: an update by Wenwen Lv, Lei Zhou, Jia Wu, Jishuai Cheng, Yongzhong Duan, Wen Qian

“…Herpes simplex virus type I (HSV-1) is a member of the α-herpesvirus subfamily and is capable of causing herpes simplex keratitis, herpes labialis, and herpes simplex encephalitis. HSV-1 is well known for its lytic infections at the primary sites and for establishing latency in the sensory neuronal ganglia, with occasional recurrent infections. …”
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Currently important pathogenic Listeria species affecting animals and birds (review) by P. N. Shastin

“…The manifestations of listeriosis include encephalitis, meningitis, gastritis, meningoencephalitis, mastitis, abortions, endometritis, etc. …”
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Everyday and Exotic Foodborne Parasites by Marilyn B Lee

“…Also of concern is toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients, which may lead to toxoplasmosis encephalitis, the second most common AIDS-related opportunistic infection of the central nervous system. …”
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A Case Report on Chikungunya Virus-Associated Encephalomyelitis by Harsh Khatri, Heli Shah, Dhara Roy, Kaushalendra Mani Tripathi

“…Alphaviruses are divided into arthritogenic viruses (old world) and encephalitogenic viruses (new world) including equine encephalitis viruses. Chikungunya is a dengue-like illness characterized by acute febrile polyarthralgia, arthritis, malaise, body ache, rash, headache, and nausea. …”
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A Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus, Cytomegalovirus, and Varicella-Zoster Virus in Cerebrospinal Fluid by Tatjana Luzius, Samuel D. Jeske, Julia Baer, Uta Goelnitz, Ulrike Protzer, Jochen M. Wettengel

“…Viral meningitis poses a significant clinical challenge due to its rapid onset and potential progression to life-threatening encephalitis. Early detection of treatable viral pathogens such as Herpes simplex virus (HSV), Cytomegalovirus (CMV), and Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is essential for initiating appropriate therapies. …”
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