Section 5
Other Diseases of the Nervous System
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Rabies is a viral disease that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals.

Poliomyelitis is an infection by the polio virus that affects the motor neurons of the central nervous system.

Hantaviruses are negative-sense RNA viruses that sometimes lead to hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in humans.

Arboviral encephalitis (acute swelling in the brain) is caused by a group of arthropod-transmitted viruses.

Rickettsia is a genus of bacteria that can be transmitted by arthropod vectors to humans, causing diseases.

Lyme disease is caused by bacteria from the Borrelia genus.

West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne arbovirus found in temperate and tropical regions of the world.

The plague is an infectious disease caused by the Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria Yersinia pestis.