What Is a Brain Infection?
4. Epstein-Barr Virus
The Epstein-Barr virus is another variety of the herpes virus. It is responsible for the fairly common disease called mononucleosis, which is also known as mono, and the kissing disease. It is usually only mild but it will cause more serious complications for some people.
Another common variety of the herpes virus is the varicella-zoster virus. This virus is responsible for causing chicken pox. The virus will then go dormant in the body, but can later become reactivated, resulting in another disease known as shingles. Both the Epstein-Barr virus and the varicella-zoster virus will cause a brain infection in a small number of cases.
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