Society guideline links: Infectious encephalitis

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Bacterial meningitis in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: TORCH infections".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Tick-borne infections (including Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, rickettsial infections, and others)".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Delirium and confusional states in older adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Opportunistic infections in individuals with HIV".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in children and adolescents".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Bacterial meningitis in infants and children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Rabies".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Position paper on Japanese encephalitis vaccines (2015)

●International Encephalitis Consortium (IEC): Consensus statement on case definitions, diagnostic algorithms, and priorities in encephalitis (2013)

●WHO: Position paper on vaccines against tick-borne encephalitis (2011)

Canada

●Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT): Statement on prevention of Japanese encephalitis (2024)

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Canadian Immunization Guide – Japanese encephalitis vaccine (2024)

United States

●Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): Vaccine-specific recommendations

•Japanese encephalitis

•Tick-borne encephalitis

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Tick-borne encephalitis virus – For health care providers

•Clinical signs and symptoms of tick-borne encephalitis

•Clinical testing and diagnosis for tick-borne encephalitis

•Tick-borne encephalitis vaccine information for health care providers

•Treatment and prevention of tick-borne encephalitis

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book (2024)

•Arboviruses

•Enterovirus (nonpoliovirus)

•Herpes simplex

•Lyme disease

•West Nile virus

●Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Clinical practice guidelines for the management of encephalitis (ARCHIVED; published 2008)

Europe

●European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Vaccine scheduler – Tick-borne encephalitis: Recommended vaccinations

●European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS): Viral meningoencephalitis – A review of diagnostic methods and guidelines for management (2010)

United Kingdom

●UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA): The Green Book – Immunisation against infectious disease

•Japanese encephalitis (2013, updated 2024)

•Tick-borne encephalitis (2013)

●UKHSA: Guidance on tick-borne encephalitis – Epidemiology, diagnosis, and prevention (2019, updated 2023)

●Encephalitis Society: Professional guides

•A guide for general practitioners (GPs) on diagnosing and managing acquired brain injury (ABI), including encephalitis, in adults and children (2018)

•Professional guidelines for management of suspected viral encephalitis in adults (2012)

•Professional guidelines for management of suspected viral encephalitis in children (2012)

●Association of British Neurologists (ABN) and British Infection Association (BIA): National guidelines for the management of suspected viral encephalitis in adults (2012)

●ABN and British Paediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Infection Group (BPAIIG): National guidelines for the management of suspected viral encephalitis in children (2012)

India

●National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP): Guidelines – Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES)/Japanese encephalitis

Australia–New Zealand

●Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI): The Australian Immunisation Handbook – Japanese encephalitis (2024)

●Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA): National guidelines for public health units on Murray Valley encephalitis virus (2013)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japanese Society of Neuroinfectious Diseases (JSND), Japanese Society of Neurology (JSN), and Japanese Society of Neurological Therapeutics (JSNT): Practical guideline for herpes simplex encephalitis (2017)