Central Nervous System Infections
"Central Nervous System Infections" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Pathogenic infections of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges. DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; fungal infections; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; HELMINTHIASIS; and PRION DISEASES may involve the central nervous system as a primary or secondary process.
| Descriptor ID |
D002494
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.395 C10.228.228
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Central Nervous System Infections" by people in Profiles.
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Carson MJ, Wilson EH. Visualizing chemokine-dependent T cell activation and migration in response to central nervous system infection. Methods Mol Biol. 2013; 1013:171-83.
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Valcour V, Chalermchai T, Sailasuta N, Marovich M, Lerdlum S, Suttichom D, Suwanwela NC, Jagodzinski L, Michael N, Spudich S, van Griensven F, de Souza M, Kim J, Ananworanich J. Central nervous system viral invasion and inflammation during acute HIV infection. J Infect Dis. 2012 Jul 15; 206(2):275-82.
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Mishra BB, Gundra UM, Teale JM. Toll-like receptors in CNS parasitic infections. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2009; 336:83-104.
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Carson MJ. The two faces of CNS inflammation: can we tell Dr. Jekyll from Mr. Hyde? Brain Behav Immun. 2003 Dec; 17(6):415-6.