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Rule out systemic inflammatory diseases like Behçet's disease, lupus, neurosarcoidosis, drug-induced aseptic meningitis, or an epidermoid cyst leaking into the subarachnoid space; Causes a severe ventriculoencephalitis or a rapidly progressive polyradiculopathy, particularly in advanced AIDS; Presents as an acute aseptic meningitis or a mild meningoencephalitis accompanying the systemic mononucleosis-like illness; Presents with sensorineural hearing loss, microcephaly, intellectual disability, cataracts, and congenital heart defects; It presents with subacute, progressive focal deficits such as hemiparesis, cognitive decline, visual field defects, and ataxia in severely immunosuppressed individuals