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. 2021 Feb 23;8:575580. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.575580

Table 4.

Neurologic syndromes caused by viral pathogens.

Viral pathogen Neurologic syndrome
Meningitis Encephalitis AFP Other
Adenovirus
BK poliomavirus
CHINV
CMV Transverse myelitis, polyradiculomyelitis, ependymitis
Colorado tick fever
Coxsackie A24
DENV Deep gray matter encephalitis
EBV Cerebellitis, CNS lymphoma
Echo 13
Echo 18
Echo 30
EEEV
EV A71
EV D68
HHV-6 HHV-6 PALE
HSV-1
HSV-2
Influenza (A & B) Transverse myelitis, Acute necrotizing encephalopathy
JC poliomavirus PML
JEV Deep gray matter encephalitis
La Crosse encephalitis virus Hydrocephalus
Measles Acute post-infectious encephalitis
Inclusion body encephalitis
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
Metapneumovirus
MVEV Deep gray matter encephalitis
Nipah virus Polyneuritis cranialis, cerebellitis
Parainfluenza virus Ependymitis
Poliovirus/cVDPV Polyneuritis cranialis, VAPP
Powassa virus
Rabies Lyssavirus
Rift Valley Fever virus
SLEV Deep gray matter encephalitis
TBEV Deep gray matter encephalitis
Toscana virus Hydrocephalus
VEEV
VZV Polyneuritis cranialis, transverse myelitis, cerebellitis, arteritis, vasculopathy
WEEV
WNV Deep gray matter encephalitis
ZIKAV Deep gray matter encephalitis

AFP, acute flaccid paralysis; CHINV, Chikungunya Virus; CMV, cytomegalovirus; CNS, central nervous system; cVDPV, circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus; DENV, Dengue Virus; EBV, Epstein-Barr Virus; EEEV, east equine encephalitis virus; EV, enterovirus; HHV-6, Human Herpes Virus-6; HSV, Herpes Simplex Virus; JEV, Japanese Encephalitis Virus; MVEV, Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus; PALE, post-transplantation acute limbic encephalitis; SLEV, St. Louis Encephalitis Virus; TBEV, tick-borne encephalitis virus; VAPP, vaccine-associated paralytic polio; VEEV, Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus; VZV, Varicella Zoster Virus; WEEV, west equine encephalitis virus; WNV, West Nile Virus; ZIKAV, Zika Virus.