Contents:

Section - 1 CNS INFECTIONS

1. HIV Infection in the Tropics 3

2. HTLV-1 Infection in the Tropics 11

3. Neurological Complications of Acute Haemorrhagic Conjunctivitis 19

4. Herpes Simplex Encephalitis 28

5. Japanese Encephalitis 36

6. Dengue Fever: Neurological Complications 45

7. Nipah Encephalitis 53

8. Chikungunya - Neurological Complications 60

9. Poliomyelitis 68

10. Rabies 73

11. Measles Pathobiology and Central Nervous System Complications 93

12. Ebola Virus Disease 109

13. Leprosy 114

14. Leprosy in Africa 128

15. Pyogenic Meningitis 134

16. Neurobrucellosis 148

17. Neuroleptospirosis 155

18. Neurological Manifestations of Syphilis 164

19. Neurological Manifestation of Enteric Fever 177

20. Tuberculous Meningitis 183

21. CNS Tuberculomas 206

22. Amoebic Infections of Central Nervous System 222

23. Neurological Complications of Malaria 233

24. Human African Trypanosomiasis 241

25. Neurocysticercosis 251

26. Hydatid Disease of the Central Nervous System 264

27. Neurofilariasis 279

28. Neuroangiostrongylosis 291

29. Neuroschistosomiasis 301

30. Neurognathostomiasis 309

31. Onchocerciasis and Its Potential Association with Epilepsy 315

32. Fungal Infections of Central Nervous System in Tropics 327

Section - 2

NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS AND NEUROTOXICOLOGY

33. Malnutrition and Nervous System in Children 339

34. Nutrition Rehabilitation of Children with Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) in Developing Countries 353

35. Infantile Tremor Syndrome 362

36. Lathyrism 369

37. Konzo: A Permanent, Non-Progressive Motor Neuron Disorder 379

38. Tropical Ataxic Neuropathy 389

39. Minamata Disease 397

40. Neurotoxins in Tropics/India: An Overview 401

41. Marine Neurotoxins 428

42. Fluorosis 448

43. Organophosphorous Poisoning 473

44. Snake Bites 483

45. Tetanus 514

Section - 3 NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES

46. Tropical Neuropathies 525

47. Motor Neuron Disease in Tropics 553

48. Motor Neuron Disease in Africa 566

49. Tropical Pyomyositis 573

Section - 4 CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES

50. Epidemiology of Stroke in Tropics 585

51. Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA): Recent Concepts 594

52. Current Concepts of Ischaemic Stroke 600

53. Uncommon Causes of Ischaemic Stroke 618

54. Secondary Prevention of Transient Ischaemic Attack and Ischaemic Stroke 633

55. Intracerebral Haemorrhage 644

56. Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis 665

57. Stroke Unit in the Tropics 680

58. Stroke in the Young 689

Section -5 EPILEPSY

59. Epilepsy in the Tropics 701

60. Central Nervous System Infections and Epilepsy 707

61. Hot Water Epilepsy 718

62. Refl ex Seizures and Reflex Epilepsies in Tropical Countries 727

63. Surgery for Epilepsy in Tropical Countries 737

Section - 6 DEMYELINATION AND DEGENERATION

64. Multiple Sclerosis in Tropics 753

65. Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders 764

66. Post-Infectious and Post-Vaccine Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis 775

67. Neurological Manifestations of Behcet Disease 788

68. Dementia in Tropics 798

69. Vascular Dementia 812

70. Rapidly Progressive Dementia 830

71. Dementia in Africa 844

72. Hereditary Ataxia in the Tropical World 850

Section - 7 MISCELLANEOUS

73. History of Tropical Neurology 859

74. Neuroepidemiology for Planning of the Health Structure of the Country 881

75. Headache Peculiarities in the Tropics 887

76. Heat Stroke 896

77. Movement Disorders in Tropics 909

78. Future Developments in Tropical Neurology 918

79. Climate Change: What Neurologists Should Know 923

80. Craniovertebral Junction Anomalies 933

Index 961