human herpesvirus 6 encephalitis

Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) encephalitis is a rare CNS infection due to human herpesvirus 6 reactivation in immunosuppressed patients, especially in those following a hematopoietic cell transplant who develop a characteristic limbic encephalitis syndrome with MRI signal intensity abnormalities of the mesial temporal lobe .

Studies have been conducted to investigate possible associations of HHV-6 with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mesial temporal sclerosis)  and multiple sclerosis (MS) .

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