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What two organs make up the Central Nervous System (CNS)?

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  1. Brain

2. Spinal Cord

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What makes up the Peripheral Nervous System?

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Nerves that branch out from the Brain and the Spinal Cord

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Cerebrospinal fluid is located in the _________ space.

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Subarachnoid

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What is a spinal tap and a reason to perform this procedure?

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Involves withdrawing cerebrospinal fluid to examine and diagnose disorders in the brain and/or spinal cord.

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What is infected in Bacterial Meningitis?

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Any one of the 3 membranes.

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What is infected in Encephalitis?

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The Brain.

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The general symptoms of the different kinds of Meningitis are often the ____.

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Same.

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What is often the first symptom of Bacterial Meningitis?

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A severe headache that is NOT helped by the use of medicines (such as Tylenol or Ibuprofen).

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What are some of the general symptoms of Bacterial Meningitis?

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severe headache, neck/muscle stiffness, nausea, vomiting, fever, convulsions, coma

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What is Nisseria meningitides?

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A gram - cocci bacteria that can cause meningitis.

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What is Hemophilus influenza?

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A gram - rod bacteria.

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What is Streptococcus pneumoniae?

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A bacteria that can cause meningitis in children and pneumonia in the elderly.

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What are two medicines that can treat Streptococcus pneumoniae?

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penicillin and ampicillin

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What are some of the other bacteria that can cause meningitis?

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mycobacterium tuberculosis, leptospira (3rd generation cephalesporins).

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What is Listeria monocytogenes?

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A gram + rod bacteria that causes Listeriosis.

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What are some of the reservoirs for Listeria monocytogenes?

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animal feces, soil, water, dairy products

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Listeria monocytogenes is most commonly transmitted through ____?

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meat

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Listeria monocytogenes bacteria can cause circling disease in _________?

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animals

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Listeria monocytogenes can cause what in pregnant women?

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abortion or still birth

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What is involved in a cold enrichment culture?

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blending the meat, putting into a liquid, put it into the fridge and leave it for 4 weeks, isolate the bacteria afterward to examine.

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What kind of bacteria is a cold enrichment culture used for?

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Listeria monocytogenes

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What is Clostridium tetani?

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an obligate anaerobe, gram positive rods; causes tetanus

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What are two reservoirs for Clostridium tetani?

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animal feces and soil

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What is the mode of transmission for Clostridium tetani?

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wound contamination

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Does Clostridium tetani involve an endotoxin or an exotoxin?
exotoxin
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The exotoxin in Clostridium tetani has a neurotoxin that causes what symptoms?
nonstop muscle contractions; can also cause muscle spasms and lock jaw
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What is the vaccine for Tetanus called?
DTP
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How long does the DTP vaccine last?
10 years
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There is no Tetanus vaccine for ________.
animals
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Botulism is caused by the gram + bacteria called _________________.
Clostridium botulinum
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What is the mode of transmission for Clostridium botulinum?
food
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In Botulism the bacteria blocks ___________, causing paralysis.
acetylecholine
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What are symptoms of Botulism?
muscle weakness, difficulty swallowing, respiratory muscle failure, paralysis, death
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Where is Clostridium botulinum most commonly found?
in home canned meat products.
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What are the 3 types of toxins in Botulism? Which one is the most common?
A, B, E A is the most common
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______ can be associated with Botulism, and shouldn't be given to anyone under the age of 1.
honey
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What is the treatment for Botulism?
Trivalent antitoxin; all 3 toxins.
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The toxin binding nerves in Botulism is NOT __________.
reversible
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What is Poliomyelitis?
a nonenveloped RNA virus; an Enterovirus.
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Poliomyelitis can cause what major symptom?
symptoms
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What is the mode of transmission for Poliomyelitis?
ingestion of contaminated food and water; often causes diarrhea.
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In most countries Polomyelitis is __________.
eradicated
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There is an __ week incubation period for rabies.
8
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What 2 things are used to diagnose rabies?
1. clinical symptoms | 2. IF test (viral antigen detection in saliva).
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What is the only virus for which a vaccine can be given before and/or after infection?
Rabies
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What is the most common mode of transmission for rabies?
unprovoked attack by animals; bite by dog
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What are the 5 types of Arthropod-Borne Encephalitis?
1. St Louis Encephalitis 2. Eastern Equine Encephalitis 3. Western Equine Encephalitis 4. California Encephalitis 5. West Nile Virus
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What is the main reservoir of St Louis Encephalitis?
birds
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Is Arthoropod-Borne Encephalitis more common in summer or winter months?
summer months
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What is the main reservoir for California Encephalitis?
small mammals
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What is the main reservoir for Eastern and Western Equine Encephalitis?
Birds and Horses
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What can reduce the prevalence of Arthropod-Borne Encephalitis?
mosquito control
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What are the two types of vaccines for poliovirus?
1. Inactivated polio vaccine | 2. Live poliovaccine
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What is Rhabdovirus?
a bullet shaped RNA virus that can cause Rabies
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Once rabies reaches the brain it is _____.
fatal
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What are some of the animals that are reservoirs for Rabies?
raccoons, skunks, bats, foxes, dogs, cats, cattle.
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What is Cryptococcus neoformans?
a fungal disease that can cause fungal meningitis
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What is the most common treatment for fungal diseases including Cryptococcus neoformans?
Amphoterecin B
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What is African trypanosomiasis?
a protozoan disease.
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What is Antigenic Variation?
When there is a very high rate of mutation (changing of the coat proteins) making it hard to make a vaccine.
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African trypanosomiasis has __________ ___________.
antigenic variation
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What is Naegleria fowleri?
A protozoan disease in which a protozoa enters through the nose and into the brain.
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Where is Naegleria fowleri most commonly gotten?
When swimming in contaminated waters.
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What are unconventional agents?
prions
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In which disease will you find prions?
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathiae (BSE; mad cow disease)
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What is the name for BSE when a human has it?
Creutzfield-Jacob Disease

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