Encephalitis
Background
Encephalitis comes from the Greek enkephalos meaning brain and itis meaning inflammation. The effects of Encephalitis can range in severity from having little or no long term results to being life-threatening. Children and adults of both sexes and all ethnic groups can be affected at any age. It is thought that the annual incidence in the UK and Republic of Ireland is 4 in 100,000 or two thousand five hundred people per year.
Specific forms of Encephalitis include Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis, Rasmussen's Encephalitis, Hashimoto's Encephalitis, Subacute-Sclerosing Panencephalitis, West Nile Encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis and Tick-borne encephalitis.