title: In vivo visualization of encephalitic lesions in herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infected mice by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
abstract: Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is one of the most severe viral infections affecting the temporal lobes of the brain. Despite the improvements in diagnosis and antiviral drug treatment, one third of all patients fail to respond to therapy or subsequently suffer neurological relapse and develop long term neurological damage. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is among the appropriate noninvasive tools for early diagnosis of viral central nervous system (CNS) infections. In this chapter we introduce a mouse model for HSE and describe a MRI protocol to characterize the pathogenesis of HSE over time.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Microbiology Clinical Virology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Wali
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hafezi
authors.forename: Verena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hoerr
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D002460:Cell Line; D020803:Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D051379:Mice