title: CNS viruses--diagnostic approach.
abstract: Diagnosis of CNS viral infections is challenging; yet, significant progress in laboratory diagnosis of CNS infections has come through applications of serology and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to CSF and tissues. Advances in molecular and laboratory techniques, together with neuroimaging, epidemiologic, and surveillance efforts, are yielding greater success in CNS viral diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, 3226 Gillespie Neuroscience Research Building, University of California-Irvine, Irvine CA 92697-4292, USA. msolbrig@uci.edu
authors.forename: Marylou V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Solbrig
authors.forename: Anton N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Hasso
authors.forename: Cheryl A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Jay
mesh_terms: D020805:Central Nervous System Viral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004568:Electrodiagnosis; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction