The diagnostic method of choice for<unk>  encephalitis is laboratory testing. Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of<unk>  encephalitis include detection of IgM antibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid, moderate leukocytosis, mild anemia, and hyponatremia. Cerebrospinal fluid typically has a mild to moderate pleocytosis with a lymphocytic predominance, slightly elevated protein, and normal ratio to plasma glucose. Because humans have low or undetectable levels of viremia by the time distinctive clinical symptoms are recognized, virus isolation and nucleic acid amplification tests are insensitive and should not be used for ruling out a diagnosis of<unk>  encephalitis.
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