DIVISION OF NEUROPATHOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY
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Division of Neuropathology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Room A506 PUH 200 Lothrop Street Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Tel: 412-647-9417 |
NEUROPATHOLOGY TRAINING MANUAL
Educational Objectives
Acute and Chronic Viral Infections
- Know the clinical presentation of viral infections of the nervous system and how they depend upon host age and immunosuppression.
- Know the diagnostic evaluation of CNS viral infections.
- Know the pathogenesis of the following viral infections of the CNS: HSV, VZV, CMV, HIV, HTLV-1, Arboviruses, PML, Measles, Rubella.
- Know the general pathologic features of common CNS viral infections
- Know the most common viral etiologies of meningitis, transverse myelitis, polioencephalitis/myelitis, and leukoencephalitis and their pathological manifestations.
- Know the pathogenesis of commonal viral infections of PNS.
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