Is epilepsy an infectious or viral disease?

However, various infectious etiologies can result in epilepsy and seizures. Bacterial and viral meningitis, tapeworm infestation of the brain and basically any organism that resides in the brain, grows there and sets off an inflammatory response in the brain and relevant CNS structures. read more

Infections in the central nervous system can cause both acute symptomatic seizures (which occur closely related to the timing of the initial infection) and epilepsy. Infectious etiologies include tuberculosis, HIV, cerebral malaria, neurocysticercosis, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, cerebral toxoplasmosis. read more