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This chapter is dedicated to the epidemiology of common non-bacterial central nervous system infections: parasitic, fungal, and viral infections. Non-bacterial central nervous system infections are public health challenges in developing and developed countries. Clinical manifestations and severity depend on pathogenic characteristics of the agents and of the patients (areas affected, age, immune status, etc.). These infections are an emerging problem with a poor prognosis if treatment is not adequate. Furthermore, these agents have been commonly implicated as risk factors to other neurological disorders and sequelae that impose a high burden on the healthcare resources. |
