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Is encephalitis genetic

Updated: 11/14/2022
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No. Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain that is usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection.

It can be aftereffect of another disease such as herpes or a complication of syphilis but it is not genetic.

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