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choriomeningitis

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Noun1.choriomeningitis - a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges
lymphocytic choriomeningitis - a form of viral meningitis caused by a virus carried by the common house mouse
meningitis - infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea


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Infections transmission identified in the past few years among solid organs have reflected a broad array of viruses, bacteria, and parasites, resulting in a high proportion of mortality amongst infected recipients; examples include HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Strongyloides spp, and Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas Disease.
The study showed that when mice infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) were treated with rapamycin, more CD8 T survived.
 
 
 
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