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encephalitis

[en-sef-uh-lahy-tis] / ɛnˌsɛf əˈlaɪ tɪs /


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There is, as Tbakhi experienced, a potential for continued complications—as well as long-term neuralgic pain called postherpetic neuralgia, blindness, and encephalitis.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

A severe measles case can cause pneumonia; encephalitis, or dangerous inflammation of the brain; hospitalization; and sometimes death.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

It can lead to significant morbidity or even mortality from encephalitis and pneumonia particularly in immunosuppressed persons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Harchie Sagoo, who passed away in 2024 at the age of 18, was just a few months old when he developed CP after contracting viral encephalitis in Spain.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Then there were all the diseases one is vulnerable to in the woods—giardiasis, eastern equine encephalitis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, schistosomiasis, brucellosis, and shigellosis, to offer but a sampling.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson


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