Arbovirus infections of the nervous system: Current trends and future threats

Systemic viral infections are common. Symptomatic involvement of the nervous system in viral infections is uncommon.1 Encephalitis is the most worrying manifestation of nervous system involvement by viruses. Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are among the most serious international infectious threats to the human nervous system.2 The neurologic diseases that may be transmitted by arthropods to humans include meningitis, encephalitis, myelitis, encephalomyelitis, neuritis (including anterior horn cells and dorsal root ganglia), and myositis.2 The authors thank Dr. Talha Vaqar and Musa Khan for help in obtaining cited articles.