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Health Encyclopedia: Encephalitis: Viral Risk Factors

Risk Factors

Encephalitis is a rare disease. It is extremely uncommon in the U.S., even for people in the risk groups discussed below. Many people fall into the following categories and very few of them will ever contract encephalitis.

Age

Encephalitis can occur at any age; increased age-associated risks depend on the type of encephalitis virus. Newborn infants are particularly at risk for herpes virus. For arboviruses, infants are most vulnerable to Western equine encephalitis. Older children and ...

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