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What are seven infectious diseases for the nervous system and infectious agents?
1. Cryptococcal meningitis caused by cryptococcus neoformans or cryptococcos gattii
2) Toxoplasmosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii
3) Malaria caused by plasmodium falciparum or female Anopheles mosquitoes
4) Naegleriasis also known as primary amoebic meningioencephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri
5) Brain amoebic abscess is caused by amoebas
6) Neuroborreliosis caused by infection of spirochetes of the genus Borrelia
7) Tick-borne encephalitis caused genus Flavivirus in the family Flaviviridae transmission by Ixodes scapularis, I. Persulcatus
8) Herpesviral encephalitis caused by herpes simplex virus-1
9) Rabies caused by lyssavirus including rabbies virus and Australian bat lyssavirus
10) Nipah virus infection caused by nipah virus
11) Viral meningitis also known as aseptic meningitis caused by enterovirus