Infections and Diseases
- Meningitis is an inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges, caused a bacteria, virus, fungus or toxin.
- Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain
- Rabies is a viral disease that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals. For humans, rabies is almost invariably fatal if medicine is not administered prior to the onset of severe symptoms. The rabies virus infects the central nervous system, ultimately causing disease in the brain and death.