Encephalitis – when viral infections attack the brain

Prof Wiley investigates the emergence of new brain viral infections and their link to dementia.Read more about his work in Research Outreach, and find his original articles below: Emergent Viral Infections of the CNS:  https://doi.org/10.1093/jnen/nlaa054 H1N1, but not H3N2, influenza A virus infection protects ferrets from H5N1 encephalitis:  https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01840-13 Emerging Infections of CNS: Avian Influenza A Virus, Rift Valley Fever Virus and Human Parechovirus:  https://doi.org/10.1111/bpa.12281 Human Parechovirus 3 Meningitis and Fatal Leukoencephalopathy : https://doi.org/10.1097/NEN.0000000000000215  Human Zika and West Nile virus neurological infections: What is the difference?:  https://doi.org/10.1111/neup.12385 Systemic distribution of West Nile virus infection: postmortem immunohistochemical study of six cases.:  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-3639.2007.00080.x