1. Clinical approach in encephalitis / Burke A. Cunha and John J. Halperin -- 2. Encephalitis, encephalopathy, and epilepsy / Jeffrey M. Politsky -- 3. Neuropathology of encephalitis / Stefanie H. Freeman and E. Tessa Hedley-Whyte -- 4. Molecular and serologic methods for diagnosis of encephalitis / Eric D. Spitzer, Silvia G. Spitzer, and Marc G. Golightly -- 5. Critical care management of encephalitis / Eelco F. M. Wijdicks -- 6. Viral encephalitis : background, arboviruses, and enteroviruses / John J. Halperin -- 7. West Nile virus / Deborah S. Asnis and Robert S. Crupi -- 8. Tick-borne encephalitis / John J. Halperin -- 9. Herpesvirus encephalitis / Nicholas L. King and Karen L. Roos -- 10. Rabies / John J. Halperin -- 11. HIV-associated brain disease / David Hirschwerk -- 12. Spirochetal infections of the nervous system / John J. Halperin -- 13. Encephalitis due to parasites / Oscar H. Del Brutto -- 14. Neurobrucellosis / Guillermo H. Giambartolomei, Jorge C. Wallach, and Pablo C. Baldi -- 15. Listeria infections and the central nervous system / Bruce E. Hirsch -- 16. Tuberculosis of the central nervous system / Juan Carlos Garcia-Monco -- 17. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis / Anita L. Belman -- 18. Paraneoplastic and related forms of encephalitis / John J. Halperin and Jeffrey M. Politsky.