Persistent Viral Infections of Humans

Disease

 

Primary Effect

 

Causative Agent

 

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)

Mental deterioration

Measles virus (Morbillivirus)

Progressive encephalitis

Rapid mental deterioration

Rubella virus (Rubivirus)

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Brain degeneration

Papovavirus (family Papovaviridae)

AIDS dementia complex

Brain degeneration

HIV (Lentivirus)

Persistent enterovirus infection

Mental deterioration associated with AIDS

Echoviruses

 

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