#encephalitis__cephalitis__phrenitis inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
supertype: #inflammation__redness__rednes a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
subtype: #acute_hemorrhagic_encephalitis encephalitis that resembles apoplexy due to blood extravasation
subtype: #equine_encephalitis__equine_encephalomyelitis encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horse
subtype: #herpes_simplex_encephalitis__herpes_encephalitis__acute_inclusion_body_encephalitis common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes
subtype: #leukoencephalitis__leukoencephaliti inflammation of the white matter of the brain
subtype: #panencephalitis__panencephaliti diffuse inflammation of the entire brain
subtype: #subacute_sclerosing_panencephalitis__SSPE__inclusion_body_encephalitis__subacute_inclusion_body_encephalitis__sclerosing_leukoencephalitis__subacute_sclerosing_leukoencephalitis__Bosin's_disease__Dawson's_encephalitis__Van_Bogaert_encephalitis a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years
subtype: #rubella_panencephalitis a rare loss of mental and physical skills in adolescents; associated with the rubella virus
subtype: #sleeping_sickness__sleepy_sickness__epidemic_encephalitis__lethargic_encephalitis__encephalitis_lethargica an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness
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