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What is the history of encephalitis? who discovered it?
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Encephalitis: Encephalitis is an infection of the brain. The concept of infection due to a bacteria or virus only developed in the last quarter of the 19th century. The organisms causing the various encephalitis disorders began to be classified in the first half of the 20th century
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