Aseptic meningitis is one of the most common inflammatory disorders of the meninges and includes all types of meningitis not due to pyogenic bacteria. It has a very broad etiology, including both viral and non-viral infections, drugs, malignancy, and systemic illness. Viral meningitis constitutes the most common cause of aseptic meningitis. Clinical manifestations include headache, fever, malaise, photophobia, and meningeal signs.
Category
Viral infectious disease; Nervous system disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Non-viral and unspecified infections of the central nervous system
1D01 Infectious meningitis not elsewhere classified
H01429 Aseptic meningitis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
H01429 Aseptic meningitis
Pathogen
Non-polio human enteroviruses including: Echovirus Coxsackievirus Herpes simplex viruses including: Human alphaherpesvirus 1 [GN:T40073] Human alphaherpesvirus 2 [GN:T40074] Lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus [GN:T40091] Mumps virus [GN:T40034]
