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An acute aseptic meningitis that occurs soon after infection with the virus.
Symptoms, which are usually mild and self limited, include headache, fever,
painful sensitivity to light, and cranial neuropathy. The symptoms
typically disappear in 1 to 4 weeks.
Cryptococcal meningitis is a more serious form of meningitis that occurs in
HIV-infected persons as a result of infection with the common soil fungus,
Cryptococcus neoformans. Symptoms include headache, stiff neck,
fever, and painful sensitivity to light.
Source: Edgerton, Jane E. 1994. American Psychiatric Glossary, 7th Edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press
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