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  1. Encephalitis research
  2. Latest research on encephalitis
  3. Published papers on encephalitis

Published papers on encephalitis

This section aims to be an archive of all key papers on encephalitis and its consequences published in last two years worldwide. Every year we are compiling these papers in a research summary  (Advances in Encephalitis. Research Summary) which we launch at our annual Encephalitis Conference. If you would like your research article to be featured here please contact our Research team.

Autoimmune encephalitis

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Evaluation of seizure treatment in anti-LGI1, anti-NMDAR, and anti-GABABR encephalitis

Marienke A.A.M. de Bruijn, Agnes van Sonderen

Neurology May 7, 2019 92:e2185-e2196; published ahead of print April 12, 2019 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE


The psychopathology of NMDAR-antibody encephalitis in adults: a systematic review and phenotypic analysis of individual patient data

Adam Al-Diwani, Adam Handel, Leigh Townsend, et al. 

Lancet Psychiatry 2019; 6: 235–46

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A clinical TRIAD for early suspicion of autoimmune encephalitis as a possibility in patients presenting with progressive cognitive decline

Chandra S.R., Somdattaa Rayb, Thomas Isaacc

Asian Journal of Psychiatry 41 (2019) 5–12


A Systematic Review of the Neuropsychological Sequelae of People Diagnosed with Anti N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis in the Acute and Chronic Phases

Della C M Nicolle Jennifer L Moses
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Volume 33, Issue 8, 1 December 2018, Pages 964–983,

Autoimmune encephalitis. A costly condition

Jesse Cohen, MD, Javier Sotoca, MD, Shikha Gandhi, MD, MPH, et al. 

Neurology 2019;92:1-9. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000006990


A score that predicts 1-year functional status in patients with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

Ramani Balu, Lindsey McCracken, Eric Lancaster, et al.

Neurology 2019;92:e1-e9. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000006783


Management and prognostic markers in patients with autoimmune encephalitis requiring ICU treatment

Julia Schubert, Dirk Brämer, Hagen B. et al.

Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm October 2018 6:e514

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A score that predicts 1-year functional status in patients with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

Ramani Balu, Lindsey McCracken, Eric Lancaster, et al.

Neurology, 2019;92:e1-e9. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000006783


Balint syndrome in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

Aude Metzger, Laure Pisella, Alain Vighetto, et al.

Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm December 2018 6:e532 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE


Frequency, symptoms, risk factors, and outcomes of autoimmune encephalitis after herpes simplex encephalitis: a prospective observational study and retrospective analysis

Thaís Armangue, Marianna Spatola, Alexandru Vlagea, et al. 

Lancet Neurol 2018; 17: 760–72


Management and prognostic markers in patients with autoimmune encephalitis requiring ICU treatment

Julia Schubert, MD, Dirk Br¨amer, MD, Hagen B, et al. 

Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 2019;6:e514. doi:10.1212/NXI.0000000000000514


Neuroimmune disorders of the central nervous system in children in the molecular era

Elizabeth Wells, Yael Hacohen, Amy Waldman, et al. 

Nature Reviews Neurology,volume 14, pages :433–445 (2018).


Predictive values and specificity of electroencephalographic findings in
autoimmune encephalitis diagnosis

C. Limotai et al.

Epilepsy & Behavior 84; (2018): 29–36.


Predictive value of electroencephalography in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

Sonderen AV, Arends S, Tavy DLJ, et al
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry , Published Online First: 22 August 2018.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2018-318376


The Movement disorder associated with NMDAR antibody-encephalitis is complex and characteristic: an expert video-rating study

Varley JA, Webb AJS, Balint B, et al.

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry Epub ahead of print. doi:10.1136/jnnp-2018-318584


Long-term neuropsychological outcome following pediatric anti-NMDAR encephalitis

Marienke A.A.M. de Bruijn, Femke K. Aarsen, Marielle P. van Oosterhout, Marieke M. van der Knoop, Coriene E. Catsman-Berrevoets, Marco W.J. Schreurs, Danielle E.M. Bastiaansen, Peter A.E. Sillevis Smitt, Rinze F. Neuteboom, Maarten J. Titulaer; On behalf of the CHANCE Study Group

Neurology. 5/29/2018, Vol. 90 Issue 22, pe1997-e2005.


The importance of early immunotherapy in patients with faciobrachial dystonic seizures

Julia Thompson, Mian Bi, Andrew G. Murchison et al 

Brain. 2017 Dec 18. doi: 10.1093/brain/awx323


Suicidality is a common and serious feature of anti‑N‑methyl‑D‑aspartate receptor encephalitis

Le Zhang, Josemir W. Sander, Lan Zhang

J Neurol DOI 10.1007/s00415-017-8626-5


Antibody-associated CNS syndromes without signs of inflammation in the elderly

Escudero D, Guasp M, Ariño H, Gaig C, Martínez-Hernández E, Dalmau J, Graus F

Neurology 2017 Sep 6. pii: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004541. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004541. [Epub ahead of print]


Red Flags: Clinical Sign

s for Identifying Autoimmune Encephalitis in Psychiatric Patients

Julia Herken and Harald Pruss

Front. Psychiatry, 16 February 2017 


Intracellular and non-neuronal targets of voltage-gated potassium channel complex antibodies

Bethan Lang, Mateusz Makuch, Teresa Moloney, Inga Dettmann, Swantje Mindorf, Christian Probst, Winfried Stoecker, Camilla Buckley, Charles R Newton, M Isabel Leite, Paul Maddison, Lars Komorowski, Jane Adcock, Angela Vincent, Patrick Waters, Sarosh R Irani

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry (published online first) 2017;0:1-9. doi:10.1136/jnnp-2016-314758


G2A1B3AA receptor antibodies and their clinical associations

Patrick J. Waters and Sarosh R. Irani

Neurology March 14, 2017 88:1010-1011; published ahead of print February 15, 2017


DPPX antibody-associated encephalitis: Main syndrome and antibody effects

Makoto Hara, Helena Arino, Mar Petit-Pedrol, Lidia Sabater, Maarten J. Titulaer, Eugenia Martinez-Hernandez, Marco W.J. Schreurs, Myrna R. Rosenfeld, Francesc Graus, and Josep Dalmau

Neurology, 3 March 2017, 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003796 


Investigations in GABAA receptor antibody-associated encephalitis

Marianna Spatola, Mar Petit-Pedrol, Mateus Mistieri Simabukuro, T Armangue, Fernanda J. Castro, Maria I. Barcelo Artigues, Maria R. Juli Benique, Leslie Benson, Mark Gorman, Ana Felipe, Ruben L. Caparo Oblitas, Myrna R. Rosenfeld, Francesc Graus, and Josep Dalmau

Neurology March 14, 2017 88:1012-1020; published ahead of print February 15, 2017


Child Neurology: Rocky Mountain spotted fever encephalitis
Michael J. Bradshaw, Kathryn B. Lalor, NgocHanh Vu, Sumit Pruthi, and Karen C. Bloch
Neurology. 2017; 88:e92-e95


The Diagnosis and Treatment of Autoimmune Encephalitis

Eric Lancaster

J Clin Neurol. 2016 Jan;12(1):1-13


Rituximab treatment for autoimmune limbic encephalitis in an institutional cohort

Woo-Jin Lee,Soon-Tae Lee,Jung-Ick Byun,Jun-Sang Sunwoo,Tae-Joon Kim,Jung-Ah Lim,Jangsup Moon,Han Sang Lee,Yong-Won Shin,Keon-Joo Lee,Soyun Kim,Keun-Hwa Jung, Ki-Young Jung, Kon Chu and Sang Kun Lee

Published online before print: http:/​/​dx.​doi.​org/​10.​1212/​WNL. 0000000000002635  Neurology


Autoimmune encephalitis: A more treatable tragedy if diagnosed early.

Vollmer TL, McCarthy M
 
Neurology. 2016 Apr 1. pii: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002641. [Epub ahead of print]

The relevance of VGKC positivity in the absence of LGI1 and Caspr2 antibodies

Agnes van Sonderen, Marco W.J. Schreurs, Marienke A.A.M. de Bruijn, Sanae Boukhrissi, Mariska M.P. Nagtzaam, Esther S.P. Hulsenboom, Roelien H. Enting, Roland D. Thijs,Paul W. Wirtz, Peter A.E. Sillevis Smitt, and Maarten J. Titulaer

Published online before print April 1, 2016, Neurology May 3, 2016 vol. 86 no. 18 1692-1699

A clinical approach to diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis

Francesc Graus, Maarten J Titulaer, Ramani Balu, Susanne Benseler, Christian G Bien, Tania Cellucci, Irene Cortese, Russell C Dale, Jeff rey M Gelfand, Michael Geschwind, Carol A Glaser, Jerome Honnorat, Romana Höftberger, Takahiro Iizuka, Sarosh R Irani, Eric Lancaster, Frank Leypoldt, Harald Prüss, Alexander Rae-Grant, Markus Reindl, Myrna R Rosenfeld, Kevin Rostásy, Albert Saiz, Arun Venkatesan, Angela Vincent, Klaus-Peter Wandinger, Patrick Waters, Josep Dalmau

Lancet Neurol. 2016 Apr;15(4):391-404. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(15)00401-9. Epub 2016 Feb 20.

Prevalence and clinical characteristics of serum neuronal cell surface antibodies in first-episode psychosis: a case-control study

Dr Belinda R Lennox, Emma C Palmer-Cooper, Thomas Pollak, Jane Hainsworth, Jacqui Marks, Leslie Jacobson, Bethan Lang, Hannah Fox, Berne Ferry, Linda Scoriels, Hannah Crowley, Peter B Jones, Paul J Harrison, Angela Vincent, on behalf of the PPiP study team

The Lancet Psychiatry (2016) DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30375-3 

Human neurexin-3α antibodies associate with encephalitis and alter synapse development

Nuria Gresa-Arribas, Jesús Planagumà, Mar Petit-Pedrol, Izumi Kawachi, Shinichi Katada,Carol A. Glaser, Mateus M. Simabukuro, Thaís Armangué, Eugenia Martínez-Hernández,Francesc Graus, and Josep Dalmau

Published online before print May 11, 2016, doi: Neurology June 14, 2016 vol. 86 no. 24 2235-2242

The clinical spectrum of Caspr2 antibody-associated disease

van Sonderen A, Ariño H, Petit-Pedrol M, Leypoldt F, Körtvélyessy P, Wandinger KP, Lancaster E, Wirtz PW, Schreurs MW, Sillevis Smitt PA, Graus F, Dalmau J, Titulaer MJ.

Neurology. 2016 Aug 2;87(5):521-8. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002917.

Anti-NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis and neuroendocrine     pancreatic tumor: Causal link?

Afanasiev V, Brechemier ML, Boisseau W, Ducoudray R, Mayeur ME, Meyronet D, Peskine A, Desestret V, Psimaras D.
 

Neurology. 2016 Jul 5;87(1):112-3. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002809. Epub 2016 Jun 8.

Rasmussen's encephalitis: advances in management and patient outcomes

Hoffman CE, Ochi A, Snead OC, Widjaja E, Hawkins C, Tisdal M, Rutka JT
 

Childs Nerv Syst. 2016 Apr;32(4):629-40. doi: 10.1007/s00381-015-2994-x. Epub 2016 Jan 16.

Published: 31st August, 2017

Updated: 7th May, 2019

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Diagnosis, treatment and outcomes

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Acute encephalitis – diagnosis and management

Mark Ellul, Tom Solomon

Clinical Medicine 2018 Vol 18, No 2: 155–9


Intravenous immunoglobulin for the treatment of childhood encephalitis.

Iro MA, Martin NG, Absoud M, Pollard AJ.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Oct 2;10:CD011367. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011367.pub2.


The inter-rater reliability and prognostic value of coma scales in Nepali children with acute encephalitis syndrome

Ray S, Rayamajhi A, Bonnett LJ, Solomon T, Kneen R, Griffiths MJ.

Paediatr Int Child Health. 2017 Nov 16:1-6.


Diagnostic Pathways as Social and Participatory Practices: The Case of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis

Jessie Cooper, Ciara Kierans, Sylviane Defres, Ava Easton, Rachel Kneen, Tom Solomon

PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0151145 March 9, 2016


Neuroimaging in encephalitis: analysis of imaging findings and interobserver agreement

J. Granerod, N.W.S. Davies, W. Mukonoweshuro, A. Mehta, K. Das, M. Lim, T. Solomon, S. Biswas, L. Rosella, D.W.G. Brown, N.S. Crowcroft on behalf of the UK Public Health England Aetiology of Encephalitis Study Group

Clinical Radiology (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crad.2016.03.015


Increased rates of sequelae post-encephalitis in individuals attending primary care practices in the United Kingdom: a population-based retrospective cohort study

Julia Granerod, Nicholas W. S. Davies, Parashar P. Ramanuj, Ava Easton, David W. G. Brown, Sara L. Thomas

J Neurol. 2016 Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print)


ImmunoglobuliN in the Treatment of Encephalitis (IgNiTE): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Iro MA, Sadarangani M, Absoud M, et al.

BMJ Open 2016;6:e012356. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016- 012356

Published: 1st September, 2017

Updated: 12th March, 2020

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Epidemiology

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Autoimmune Encephalitis Epidemiology and a comparison to Infectious Encephalitis

Dubey D, Pittock SJ, Kelly CR, McKeon A, Lopez-Chiriboga AS, Lennon V, Gadoth A, Smith CY, Bryant SC, Klein CJ, Aksamit AJ, Toledano M, Boeve BF, Tilemma JM, Flanagan EP

Ann Neurol. 2018 Jan 2. doi: 10.1002/ana.25131. [Epub ahead of print]

Epidemiology of Meningitis and Encephalitis in the United States from 2011-2014.

Rodrigo Hasbun, Ning Rosenthal, JM Balada-Llasat, Jessica Chung, Steve Duff, Samuel Bozzette, Louise Zimmer, Christine C. Ginocchio

Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Apr 17. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix319.

30-year trends in admission rates for encephalitis in children in England and effect of improved diagnostics and measles-mumps-rubella vaccination: a population-based observational study.

Iro MA, Sadarangani M, Goldacre R, Nickless A, Pollard AJ, Goldacre MJ.

Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Apr;17(4):422-430. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30114-7. Epub 2017 Mar 2.

Published: 31st August, 2017

Updated: 15th February, 2019

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Infectious encephalitis

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Diagnostic approach to encephalitis and meningoencephalitis in adult returning travellers

Kenfak A., Eperon G., Schibler M, et al. 

Clinical Microbiology and Infection 25 (2019) 415e421


The neurological complications of chikungunya virus: A systematic review

Mehta R, Gerardin P, de Brito CAA, Soares CN, Ferreira MLB, Solomon T

Rev Med Virol. 2018 May;28(3):e1978. doi: 10.1002/rmv.1978. Epub 2018 Apr 19.

Japanese encephalitis - the prospects for new treatments
Turtle L, Solomon T.
Nat Rev Neurol. 2018 Apr 26;14(5):298-313. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2018.30.

Viral Encephalitis of Unknown Cause: Current Perspective and Recent Advances.

Kennedy, Peter G. E., Phenix-Lan Quan, Lipkin, W. Ian

Viruses (1999-4915). Jun2017, Vol. 9 Issue 6, p1-8. 8p.


Diagnostic Pathways as Social and Participatory Practices: The Case of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis

Jessie Cooper , Ciara Kierans, Sylviane Defres, Ava Easton, Rachel Kneen, Tom Solomon

PLoS ONE 11(3): e0151145. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151145


Chikungunya virus-associated encephalitis. A cohort study on La Reunion Island, 2005-2009

Patrick Gerardin, Therese Couderc, Marc Bintner, Patrice Tournebize, Michel Renouil, Jerome Lemant, Veronique Boisson, Gianandrea Borgherini, Frederik Staikowsky, Frederic Schramm, 

Marc Lecuit, Alain Michault On behalf of the Encephalchik Study Group

Neurology 86 January 5, 2016


Normocellular CSF in herpes simplex encephalitis

Saraya AW, Wacharapluesadee S, Petcharat S, Sittidetboripat N, Ghai S, Wilde H, Hemachudha T 

BMC Res Notes 2016 Feb 15;9(1):95. doi: 10.1186/s13104-016-1922-9.


Fatal encephalitis associated with Zika virus infection in an adult

Cristiane N. Soares (PhD), Patricia Brasil (PhD) , Raquel Medialdea Carrera (MSc), Patricia Sequeira (PhD), Ana Bispo de Filippis , Vitor A. Borges, Fernando Theophilo (MD, PhD), Mark A. Ellul (MRCP), Tom Solomon (FRCP)

Journal of Clinical Virology 83 (2016) 63-65


Deep sequencing reveals persistence of cell-associated mumps vaccine virus in chronic encephalitis

Sofia Morfopoulou, Edward T. Mee, Sarah M. Connaughton, Julianne R. Brown, Kimberly Gilmour, WK Kling Chong, W. Paul Duprex, Deborah Ferguson, Mike Hubank, Ciaran Hutchinson, Marios Kaliakatsos, Stephen McQuaid, Simon Paine, Vincent Plagnol, Christopher Ruis, Alex Virasami, Hong Zhan, Thomas S. Jacques, Silke Schepelmann, Waseem Qasim, Judith Breuer

Acta Neuropathol (2016). doi:10.1007/s00401-016-1629-y



Human Coronavirus OC43 Associated with Fatal Encephalitis

Morfopoulou S, Brown JR, Davies EG, Anderson G, Virasami A, Qasim W, Chong WK, Hubank M, Plagnol V, Desforges M, Jacques TS, Talbot PJ, Breuer J.

N Engl J Med 2016; 375:497-498August 4, 2016DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1509458

Published: 31st August, 2017

Updated: 16th January, 2020

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Pathogenesis of encephalitis

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Characteristic Cytokine and Chemokine Profiles in Encephalitis of Infectious, Immune-Mediated, and Unknown Aetiology

Michael BD, Griffiths MJ, Granerod J, Brown D, Davies NWS, Borrow R, Solomon T

PLoS One. 2016;11(1):e0146288. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146288

A complement-microglial axis drives synapse loss during virus-induced memory impairment

Michael J. Vasek, Charise Garber, Denise Dorsey, Douglas M. Durrant, Bryan Bollman, Allison Soung, Jinsheng Yu, Carlos Perez-Torres, Arnaud Frouin, Daniel K. Wilton, Kristen Funk, Bette K. DeMasters, Xiaoping Jiang, James R. Bowen, Steven Mennerick, John K. Robinson, Joel R. Garbow, Kenneth L. Tyler, Mehul S. Suthar,Robert E. Schmidt, Beth Stevens, Robyn S. Klein

Nature 534, 538-543 (23 June 2016) doi:10.1038/nature18283

Herpes simplex encephalitis is linked with selective mitochondrial damage; a post-mortem and in vitro study 

Wnek, M., Ressel, L., Ricci, E. et al.

Acta Neuropathol (2016) 132: 433. doi:10.1007/s00401-016-1597-2

Published: 4th September, 2017

Updated: 12th March, 2020

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Post-infectious encephalitis

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Published: 31st August, 2017

Updated: 15th February, 2019

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Recovery and rehabilitation

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Care beyond the hospital ward: understanding the socio-medical trajectory of herpes simplex virus encephalitis

Jessie Cooper, Ciara Kierans, Sylviane Defres, Ava Easton, Rachel Kneen, Tom Solomon and on behalf of ENCEPH-UK study group

BMC Health Services Research (2017) 17:646 DOI 10.1186/s12913-017-2608-2


Neurobehavioral outcomes in autoimmune encephalitis

Yeshokumar AK, Gordon-Lipkin E, Arenivas A, Cohen J, Venkatesan A, Saylor D, Probasco JC.

J Neuroimmunol. 2017 Aug 31. pii: S0165-5728(17)30274-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2017.08.010. [Epub ahead of print]

Published: 4th September, 2017

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Subacute, chronic and slow encephalitis

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