Table 1.

Autoimmune neurological disorders and their associations with infections.

Disorder	Associated infections
Guillain–Barre syndrome	Campylobacter jejuni, Cytomegalovirus, Epstein–Barr virus, Influenza, HIV, Hepatitis A, E. Chlamydia pneumonia, Mycoplasma pneumonia, Haemophilus influenzae, Zika virus, SARS-CoV-221,24–26,79,129,130,132
Autoimmune encephalitis	Herpes simplex virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, West Nile virus, SARS-CoV-2, Mycoplasma pneumoniae44,53,90,138
Myasthenia gravis	West Nile Virus84
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders	Varicella Zoster Virus174
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis	Measles, Mumps Coxsackie B, Varicella Zoster virus, HIV, Mycoplasma pneumonia, Legionella66,67
Sydenham’s chorea	Group A Streptococcus58
Stiff person syndrome	West Nile virus89

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2.