Infections Of Nervous System

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Haemophilus influenzae

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one of the three most likely causes of bacterial meningitis it is one mistakenly believed to be the cause of influenza

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who should get a rabies vaccine

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people in close contact with animals such as veterinarians researchers and animal control as well as pets

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meningococcal meningitis is also called epidemic meningitis

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because it spreads easily by respiratory droplets

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colostridium tetani

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causes tendonitis deep puncture rooms with a little bleeding are the main portal of entry

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positive spatula test result

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for tinnitus is an involuntary contraction of the jaw and negative test result will be in normal gag reflex

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Sentinel chicken

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the newsroom mosquito infested areas to warn officials against encephalitis

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epidemic encephalitis

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brain fever is a zoonosis

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the iron lung

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and artificial respirator use during epidemics polio to get people through the acute stage of disease

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meningitis refers to

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inflammation of the meninges the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

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infant botulism is linked to

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ingesting honey before normal flora are developed

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lepromatous form of Hansen's disease leprosy

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is the progressive form with an effective immunity disfiguring nodules occur all over resulting in deformations and lion face

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the use of multidrug therapy to treat and cure Hansen's disease reduces the chances of

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antibiotic resistance

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meningococcal menginitis

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Neisseria meningitides 1 of the three most likely causes of bacterial meningitis people who are nasopharynx carriers are reservoirs

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forms of encephalitis or sometimes called

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brain fever

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flaccid paralysis indicates

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botulism food intoxication neurotoxin produces the most potent know, it blocks acetylcholine release to muscles so they will not contracted

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wound botulism

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being seen with intravenous drug users using dirty needles

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usually ingested organisms are out computed by normal flora

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infant botulism occurs because babies do not have normal flora developed yet ingested endospores and honey are the most common cause

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Botox injection

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medic procedure to relax facial muscles and thereby reduce wrinkles

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disseminated intravascular coagulation characteristic of meningococcal meningitis may obstruct blank to vital organs and extremities resulting in blank

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blood flow resulting in gangrene of the limbs possible requiring invitation

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the term purulent and suppurative denote the presence of

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pus

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leprosy is also called

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Hansen's disease

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airtight containers provide

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ideal anaerobic conditions for germination of colostrum botulism endospores

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tetanus is sometimes called

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lock jaw because the masseter muscles are the first affected

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refers to the appearance of the facial grimace due to severe facial muscle contractions of Tetanus

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Risussar donicus

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what accounts for most reported cases of rabies and it us

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raccoons

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an animal with dumb or paralytic rabies

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seems quiet and unaware but might snap quickly if touched

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meningitis refers to inflammation of

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meninges the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

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furious rabies

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seen with a nocturnal animal like a raccoon is out during the day the animal is excitable often frothy at the mouth and snaps at anything within reach

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Botulism is first described in the 1800's and was nicknamed

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sausage disease

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the Salk injectable polio vaccine

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contains inactivated or killed viruses and is therefore safer than the Sabin oral polio vaccine(weakened and could report)

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African sleeping sickness is caused by

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flagellated protozoan Trypanosoma
Glossina the Tsetse fly is the vector

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a disease caused by Clostridium tetani released by neurotoxin that blocks the relaxation of opposing muscle views and contraction resulting in spastic paralysis

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tetanus

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denature the botulism toxin

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heating food that 80 degrees Celsius or 201 degrees Fahrenheit for at least 10 minutes

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viral meningitis

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also called aseptic is a usually mild mosquito borne infection of children so most cases are seen in late spring summer and early fall

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a deep puncture wound that doesn't bleed much provide

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ideal anaerobic conditions for germination of colostrum tetani endospores and subsequent production of the tetanus neurotoxin

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the highest rabies rate in the world 3 million total cases and 30,000 human deaths per year

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India

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botulism is a form of food blank

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poisoning or intoxication because of the ingested neurotoxin

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an anti rabies injection consists of preform class blank antibodies

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IgG and provide immediate but temporary post-exposure protection

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Mycobacterium leprae only grows in the

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cooler peripheral parts of the body such as the tips of extremities nose etc

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Trypanosoma brucei

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the flagellated protozoan that causes African sleeping sickness

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Mycobacterium leprae

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causes Hansen's disease leprosy related to the TB bacterium

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leprosy

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also called Hansen's disease is caused by Mycobacterium leprae which lives in peripheral parts of the body that are cooler only 1 in 200 people infected ever develop the disease

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encephalitis refers to

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number mosquito-borne viral inflammatory diseases of the brain chills headache fever mental confusion, and neurological problems result
st. Louis encephalitis and West Nile encephalitis are examples

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African sleeping sickness is blank in equatorial Africa and athe potential risk for travelers

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endemic always present

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Albert Sabin

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attenuated oral polio vaccine in 1963 much more effective than just the injectable polio vaccine although may revert virulentform

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rabies is a fatal viral encephalitis disease limited to

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mammals

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the spatula test

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a clinical test for tetanus that involves touching the posterior pharyngeal wall with a sterile soft tipped instrument and observing the effect

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no cases of rabies in Australia New Zealand and Hawaii

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due to strict quarantine laws

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rabies is sometimes called

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hydrophobia because water is avoided this is due to severe painful spasms of the pharynx and liquid is swallowed

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refer to inflammation of the meninges memory protect the brain and spinal cord cover variety of organisms including three major bacterial type headache nausea vomiting convulsions and coma are typical symptoms and signs

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meningitis

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all epidemic encephalitis infections

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are mosquito-borne and caused by a virus

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disseminated intravascular coagulation characteristic of meningococcal meningitis may obstruct blood flow in vital organs and extremities resulting in

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gangrene of the limbs possibly requiring amputation

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Botulism occurs when an endospore Germinate and neurotoxin is released and anaerobic environment such as a sealed jar or can, so it is a form of

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food intoxication or poisoning

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used to diagnose and identify the cause of meningitis

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a lumbar puncture or spinal tap

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first seen in the US in 1998 is transmitted by several different feudal factors including the day active more aggresive tiger mosquito

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west Nile encephalitis

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Inuit Eskimos have a high incidence of

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type E botulism because of the traditional way Muktuk is prepared
scarce fuel leads feel and whale flippers dried and soaked in oil and anaerobic environment for weeks to tenderise before eating

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disseminated intravascular coagulation

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excessive activation of blood clotting which is characteristic of meningococcal meningitis may ob struck blood flow to vital organs in extremities resulting in gangrene of the limbs possibly requiring invitation

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what kind of toxin is a botulism toxin

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a neurotoxin because it affects the nervous system the same is true for the tetanus toxin

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these terms denote the presence of a great deal of pasta

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purulent and suppurative

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all types of encephalitis or transmitted by some type of

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mosquito

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disseminated blank coagulation is characteristic of meningococcal meningitis may ob struct blood flow to vital organs in extremities resulting in gangrene of the limbs possibly requiring amputation

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intravascular

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the only other mammal to get leprosy

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armadillo

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poliomyelitis

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is a viral disease in the best known cause of paralyzes typically adolescent in poorareas the March of Dimes was created in the fifties to fight it

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beginning the 50 is a national effort to collect money for paralytic poliomyelitis research

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March of dimes

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Neisseria meningitides

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meningococcal meningitis

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African sleeping sickness is caused by

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flagellated protozoan Trypanosoma brucei, Tsetse fly is the vector

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rabies

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and acute infectious viral disease of mammals resulting in fatal encephalitis most commonly reported and raccoons skunks bat foxes coyotes dogs cats and cows

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leprosy patients can be made non-communicable within one month and cured over the course of one year with blank

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multi drug therapy involving the use to several overlapping antibodies in reducing the chances of resistance

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the most rabies cases in the US or do two raccoons blank are the biggest problem in Houston

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Barry's

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tetanus results in blank

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spastic paralysis muscles cannot relax death usually occurs because of respiratory muscle involvement

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added to many foods as a preservative because they prevent germination of botulism endospores

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nitrite and nitrate

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non blanching purplish skin spots

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petechia are common signs of epidemic meningococcal meningitis

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potentially deadly form of food intoxication because of the neurotoxin produced it blocks acetylcholine released to the muscles preventing contraction flaccid paralysis

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Botulism

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the poisoning form of Hansen's disease

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leprosy is more limiting effective immunity buildup and scattered regions of skin lose sensation surrounded by a border of nodules

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epidemic encephalitis is also called

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brain fever

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botulism toxin blocks blank

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acetylcholine release at the neuromuscular synapse resulting in flaccid paralysis

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Pneumococcus meningitis

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caught by Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the three most likely types of bacterial meningitis often occurs as an nosocomial infection of the elderly progresses to pneumonia with a the mortality rate of about 40 percent

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a definitive diagnosis of rabies

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made is examination of stained brain tissue shows characteristic intracellular inclusion bodies called negri bodies

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the term purulent along with blank denotes blank

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suppurative denotes great deal of pus

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what kind of virus did the Sabin oral polio vaccine contain

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weekend or attenuated

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in addition to vomiting a stiff neck and mental confusion meningitis is often characterized by

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worst headache of your life even worse by turning the head from side to side

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Jonas Salk

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develop injectable vaccine for polio myelitis in 1954 it consisted of an inactivated virus and was 90% effective