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What are the bacterial infections?
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Haemophilis Influenza, Streptococcus pnumonae, Niesseria Meningitis, Listeriosis, Tetanus, Botulism and Leprosy
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S. Pnuemonia is found in what part of the body and effects what age group
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Children under 4 and the nasal flora.
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Where does H. Influenza develop?
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In the throat
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Where does Nisierra meningitis begin?
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Throat rash
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How can Identify H. Influenza?
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H. influenza is covered by an Antigen B Capsule
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What vaccine for H. Influenza?
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Hib vaccine
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Whhich bacteria causes Niesseria meningitis?
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N. Meningitis
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How many people carry N. meningitis?
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10 percent in their throat flora
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What are the serotypes for N. meningitis?
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Serotypes B,C,Y and A for Africa B is America
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Tetanus is from what bacteria?
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Clostridium Tetani
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Where is Clostridium Tetani found?
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soil
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What is the name of what Tetanus toxins do to the CNS and describe it?
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Tetanospasm
Caused pathways to muscles to block by dead cells causing muscles to not relax. |
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What are some vaccines for tetanus?
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DTP (tetanus toxoid, dT(booster) and TIG (tetanus immune globulin)
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What is another name for Streptococcus pneumoniae?
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pneumococcal meningitis
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What is the caue of botulism?
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Intoxication from ingestion of bolutinal toxins from Clostridium Botulinum.
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What do Bolutism toxins do to CNS?
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Cause flaccid paralysis by blocking neurotransmitters to muscles.
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What are ways to prevent spread of botulism?
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Canning, nitrate and cooking
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How can treat botulism?
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By support and antitoxin
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What are two types of botulism?
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Infant and Wound
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What are types of botulinal toxins?
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Type A, B, and E
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What are a positve use of botulinal toxins?
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Botox
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What is the source of leprosy called?
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Mycobacterium lepra
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What is another name for Leprosy?
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"Hansens disease"
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What part of the body does leprosy grow at?
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In the peripheral nervous system
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What are two types of leprosy?q
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Tuberculoid (neural) form (loff on snesatin in skin
and Lepromatous (nodules deformed) |
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What is another name for Streptococcus Pneumonia
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Pnuemococcal meningitis
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What is another name for Niesseria Meningitis?
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meningococcal meningitis
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What causes an infant botulism?
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Honey with C. botulinum
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What are the virus diseases of the Nervous System called?
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The viruses are polio, rabies, and arboviruses.
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What is the name of the virus for polio?
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The polo virus is called poliomyelitis.
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How is the polio virus transmitted?
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The polio virus is transmitted by ingestion.
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What are the initial symptoms of the polio virus?
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The polio virus begins as a sore throat and nausea.
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What happens if the polio virus persists?
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The virus spreads to the viremia and CNS.
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What percentage of people are paralysized by the polio virus?
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Only 1 percent have motor cell destruction and paralysis.
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Describe the polio vaccine?
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The polio vaccine is enhanced-inactivated polio.
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How is polio discovered in a human?
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Polio is discovered by a throat and feces culture.
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What are the names of the two vaccines for polio?
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The names of the polio vaccine are Salk (inactivated virus) and Saben which is an attenuated strain.
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What are the hosts for polio?
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Humans are the only hosts for polio.
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How high is the number of cases for the polio vaccine?
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very low
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What causes rabies?
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Rabies are caused by the saliva in bites from animals like birds, dogs, bats and varmits not squirrel but raccoons.
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What are the two types of rabies in aminals called?
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Furious rabies from hyperactivity and Paralytic which causes unawareness of surroundings.
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Where does rabies grow?
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Rabies grows in skeletal muscles.
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What are signs of rabbies infection?
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Muscle contractions of the mouth and pharynx.
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How does rabbies move in the body?
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Rabies travels from bite into skeletal muscles to PNS, CNS, Spinal Cord, brain, encephalitis and out by saliva.
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What are the two types of treatment for rabies?
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Humand Diploid Cell Vaccine (HDCV) and the other vaccine is the RIG (rabies immune globulin)
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What animal is rabies found the most?
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The raccoon has the highest incidence of rabies.
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What countries have no rabies?
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Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and Great Britian.
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What is the name of the virus from insect bites called?
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Arbovirus encephalitis
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What areas the the arbo virus affect birds and horses?
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Western and Eastern Equine
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What is affected by the St Louis cardinal?
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Birds are affected by the St. Louis Cardinal.
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What is affected by the California Encephalitis?
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small mammels
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What is affected by the West Nile Virus
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Birds and mammels
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What is the name of the fungal virus disease?
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Cryptococcosis?
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What is the source of the fungal disease cryptococcosis?
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Cryptococcosis comes from Cryptococcus neoforamens.
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Cryptococcus neoforamens is spread by what?
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Respiration of soil infected with chicken or pigeon droppings.
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What are the vaccines for Cryptococcus Neoforamens?
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The vaccines for Cryptococcus neoforamen is Amphotericin B and flucytosine.
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What is disease is transmitted by ingestion and causes initial symptoms of a sore throat and nasuea?
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Poliomyleitis (Polio)
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What happens if polio spreads?
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Viremia and can enter CNS to destroy motor cells and paralysis in 1 percent cases
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What is the prevention fo polio called?
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enhanced-inactivated poio-vaccine
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What is the diagnosis for polio?
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By culture of feces and thoat
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Why do people die from polio?
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Respiratory failure
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What are the common vaccines for Polio?
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Salk and Sabin vaccines
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What disease causes spontainous abortion of the fetus?
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Listeriosis
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How is Listerios spread?
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foodborne gram negative aerobic rood
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Where does Listeria monoctogenes reproduce?
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In phagocytes
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What is the science name for Listeriosis?
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Listeria monocytogenes
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What is a disease that causes fatigue called?
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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What is the scientific name for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
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myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)
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What are the symptoms?
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6 months undiagnosable fatigue and 4 of the symptoms and sing?
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What are the S &S for myalgic encephalomyelitis called?
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sore throat, tender lymph nodes, muscle pain, pain in joints, headaches, unrefreshing sleep, malaise after excercise, impaired short-term memory or concentration
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What are the protozoan diseases of the nervous system called? |
African Trypanosomiasis, Naegleria fowleri
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What are the two types of African Trypansomiasis called?
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Trypanosoma brucei gambiense which chronic
Trypansomoa b. rhodiense which is acute |
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How is Trypanosomiasis spread?
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tsetse fly
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What protozoan grows in the nasal mucusa after swimming in water?
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Naegleri fowleri
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What nervous system disease is caused by prions?
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Shee-scarpie, Bovine Spongiform encephaloopahty ( Mad Cow Disease), Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease and Kuru
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Prion disease is acquired how?
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digestion, heridetary, and transplant
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How do prions develop?
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Self-replicating protiens with no nucleic acid grow progressively in degenerating brain tissue
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