A virus that most adults on Earth have been exposed to has a sneaky route into the brain, and a world-first study has now ...

This is an infection of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord ... Enteroviruses mostly cause symptoms in infants and children but can also affect adults. Symptoms tend to be mild ...

HSV-1 can spread through oral contact and these infections may cause blisters or cold sores. Usually, symptoms are mild ... where it could go more directly to the brain," said corresponding study ...

But in some cases, the virus can migrate to the eye or nervous system, causing severe, chronic symptoms ... and prevent long-term brain injury caused by viral infections," said Hemant Borase ...

The intervention included: • A clinical algorithm which offered a flowchart of guidance for clinicians on how to manage the first crucial hours and days of suspected brain infections ...

An infection can cause ... a specific type of brain swelling that can occur for up to a year after they recover, said Dr. Milstone. In extremely rare cases, adults and children develop subacute ...