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Distribution of herpes simplex virus in acute necrotising encephalitis
Author(s) -
Dinn J. J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
the journal of pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.964
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1096-9896
pISSN - 0022-3417
DOI - 10.1002/path.1711290305
Subject(s) - neuropathology , herpes simplex virus , encephalitis , citation , medicine , virology , library science , pathology , computer science , virus , disease
A 49-yr-old female developed a rapidly progressive neurological illness. The gross, light microscopic and electron-microscopic examination of the brain revealed all of the characteristic features of acute necrotising encephalitis with predominant involvement of the left limbic system. The distribution of herpes simplex virus suggests that the olfactory apparatus is the route of infection.