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Meningitis Caused by Coxsackie Virus

There are many causes of aseptic meningitis, including:

Infections near the brain or spinal cord, such as epidural abscesses
Fungi
Mycobacteria
Some cancers (cause a syndrome similar to meningitis)
Some medications (like antibiotics and anti-inflammatory counter)
Tick-borne diseases (such as Lyme disease)
Tuberculosis
Virus

About half of cases of aseptic meningitis caused by Coxsackie virus and echovirus, two members of the enterovirus [...]

ECHO Virus Infections

Infections with Enteric Cytopathic human orphan virus (ECHO, by its initials in English) are common.
Severe infections with these viruses are less common, but can be significant. It is believed that one of five cases of aseptic meningitis brain infection is caused by an ECHO virus.
Symptoms
ECHO viruses cause a wide variety of diseases. Symptoms depend on [...]

HIV : Damages the body’s defense system (immune system)

AIDS is the most feared disease at this time. HIV, the virus that causes this disease, damages the body’s defense system (immune system), so that people who suffer from this disease’s ability to defend itself from disease attack is reduced.
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