No Metagenomic Evidence of Causative Viral Pathogens in Postencephalitic Parkinsonism Following Encephalitis Lethargica

No Metagenomic Evidence of Causative Viral Pathogens in Postencephalitic Parkinsonism Following Encephalitis Lethargica

Postencephalitic parkinsonism (PEP) is a disease of unknown etiology and pathophysiology following encephalitis lethargica (EL), an acute-onset polioencephalitis of cryptic cause in the 1920s. PEP is a tauopathy with multisystem neuronal loss and gliosis, clinically characterized by bradykinesia, ri...

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Main Authors: Dániel Cadar, Kurt A. Jellinger, Peter Riederer, Sabrina Strobel, Camelia-Maria Monoranu, Dennis Tappe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
postencephalitic parkinsonism
encephalitis lethargica
von Economo
metagenomics
neuropathology
tauopathy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/9/8/1716

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