Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 25, 2026

In Vivo Imaging Systems (IVIS) Detection of a Neuro-Invasive Encephalitic Virus
Published on: December 2, 2012
Influenza A virus-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy in the United States
Joern-Hendrik Weitkamp1, Michelle Donna Spring, Terrance Brogan
1Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-2581, USA.
Abstract:
During the past several years, influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy has been well-recognized in Asia but has not yet been reported in the United States. We describe a 28-month-old patient who displayed the classical clinical features of acute necrotizing encephalopathy in association with a documented influenza A infection. This disease is characterized by fever, a rapid alteration in consciousness and seizures, with radiologic involvement of the bilateral thalami and cerebellum.
Related Concept Videos
Influenza
Arboviral Encephalitis
Encephalitis l: Introduction
Encephalitis ll: Pathophysiology
Viral Meningitis
Poliomyelitis

