Table 1.

Mechanisms of neuropathic pain in patients with viral infections.

Virus most commonly responsible for neurological lesions	Neurological lesion
Herpes zoster	Lesion of sensory ganglia (responsible for postherpetic neuralgia) Myelitis
HIV	Painful sensory polyneuropathy Myelitis
Enteroviruses	Myelitis
Poliovirus	Postpolio syndrome
HTLV1	Myelitis
Zika	Guillain–Barré syndrome
Chikungunya	Myelitis
Other viruses*	Guillain–Barré syndrome
COVID-19	Guillain–Barré syndrome Myelitis Stroke Encephalitis

^*eg, Epstein–Barr, cytomegalovirus, influenza A, coronaviruses, and hepatitis.