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==Background==

===Risk Factors===

*Extremes of age (children <6 months and adults >60-70 years)

===Pathophysiology===

*[[Meningoencephalitis]] (neurotropic disease) is caused by actual infection with the attenuated virue
*The other syndromes are caused by autoimmune phenomena

==Clinical Manifestations==

*Includes [[meningoencephalitis]] (neurotropic disease), [[acute disseminated encephalomyelitis]], [[Guillain-Barré syndrome]], and [[acute bulbar palsy]]
*Incubation period is [[Usual incubation period::7 to 21 days]] (range [[Incubation period range::4 to 23 days]])
*Rarely fatal

[[Category:Infectious diseases]]
[[Category:Vaccination]]