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Article: Relapsing disease caused by herpes simplex reactivation is a risk.
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- Virus Weekly
- Article date:
- April 8, 2003
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2003 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Relapsing disease caused by herpes simplex reactivation is a risk.
According to recent research from Japan, "This case is reported to raise awareness of herpes simplex encephalitis as a persisting brain disorder. A 66 yr old immunocompetent man developed status epilepticus and died of pneumonia in the course of progressive hemiparesis, cognitive decline, and atrophy of the brain over a five year period after herpes simplex encephalitis."
"In addition to a completely destroyed left temporal lobe, necropsy revealed active encephalitis consisting of necrosis and lymphocyte infiltration with a large number of ...