Herpes meningitis is a type of viral meningitis that results from infection with a herpes virus. It causes swelling in areas of the head, such as the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

Herpes viruses are common infections that can lie dormant in the body without causing symptoms. Sometimes, the herpes virus may reactivate as meningitis, a severe viral infection of the brain. Herpes ...

Twenty-five years ago studies of the diverse etiology of viral meningitis and encephalitis were begun in the new virology laboratories at Walter Reed Army Medical Center under the leadership of the ...

Herpes meningitis is a form of meningitis caused by the herpes virus. Meningitis is inflammation of the meninges, which are the protective membranes around the brain and spinal cord. This viral ...