ASSESSMENT OF THE DEMYELINATING PROCESS ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH HERPESVIRAL MENINGITIS AND MENINGOENCEPHALITIS BASED ON THE LEVEL OF MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN (MBP) IN THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID.

Objective: The aim: To study the peculiarities of demyelination by detection of changes in the levels of myelin basic protein (MBP) in CSF of patients with acute herpesviral meningitis (M) and meningoencephalitis (ME).

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: A total of 136 CSF samples from 68 patients with herpesviral M and ME were collected. The control group consisted of patients with acute respiratory infection and meningismus.