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Main types
Infectious encephalitis (Acute Viral Encephalitis)
Post-infectious encephalitis (Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis)
Other autoimmune encephalopathy
Types of Infectious encephalitis
Herpes Simplex encephalitis (HSE)
West Nile encephalitis
Japanese encephalitis (JE)
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE)
Mycoplasma encephalitis
California encephalitis
St Louis encephalitis
Western equine encephalitis
Eastern equine encephalitis
Colorado tick fever
Chronic types of Infectious encephalitis
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)
Progressive rubella panencephalitis
Types of Post-infectious encephalitis
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
Encephalitis lethargica (EL)
Other autoimmune encephalopathy
Hashimoto’s encephalitis
Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis
Voltage Gated Potassium Channel Antibody Limbic
Encephalitis (VGKC-LE)
Rasmussen’s encephalitis
Types of encephalitis by area affected
Brain-stem encephalitis
Limbic encephalitis
Cerebellitis
Meningoencephalitis
Last modified: 18 March 2008