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MeSH Heading: Infectious Encephalitis
Tree Number(s): C01.207.399; C10.228.140.430.520; C10.228.228.399; C10.586.250.520
Unique ID: D000069544
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000069544
Annotation: coordinate with specific organism/infection term; note ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL is available
Scope Note: Brain inflammation caused by an infectious agent.
Entry Version: INFECT ENCEPH
Entry Term(s): Encephalitis Infection; Encephalitis, Infectious
Previous Indexing: Encephalitis (1964-2015)
Public MeSH Note: 2016; see ENCEPHALITIS 1964-2015
History Note: 2016; use ENCEPHALITIS 1964-2015
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/07
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Infectious Encephalitis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025