Descriptions of Encephalitis

Main types

Infectious encephalitis (Acute Viral Encephalitis)
Post-infectious encephalitis (Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis)
Other autoimmune encephalopathy

Types of Infectious encephalitis

Herpes Simplex encephalitis (HSE)
West Nile encephalitis
Japanese encephalitis (JE)
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE)
Mycoplasma encephalitis
California encephalitis
St Louis encephalitis
Western equine encephalitis
Eastern equine encephalitis
Colorado tick fever

Chronic types of Infectious encephalitis

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)
Progressive rubella panencephalitis

Types of Post-infectious encephalitis

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
Encephalitis lethargica (EL)

Other autoimmune encephalopathy

Hashimoto’s encephalitis
Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis
Voltage Gated Potassium Channel Antibody Limbic
Encephalitis (VGKC-LE)
Rasmussen’s encephalitis

Types of encephalitis by area affected

Brain-stem encephalitis
Limbic encephalitis
Cerebellitis
Meningoencephalitis

Last modified: 18 March 2008