Module 11 Flashcards
Inflammatory disease involving parts of the nervous system, resulting in abnormal function of the brain and spinal cord
Encephalitis
Another name for encephalitis
Brain fever
Causes of encephalitis
Arbovirus that inhibit culex group mosquito
Mode of encephalitis
Bite of mosquito
A serious epidemic disease of horses and affects children under 5 years olf
Eastern Equine Encephalitis
Encephalitis that is milder and affects older adults
Western Equine Encephalitis
Encephalitis that organism gains entrance through the olfactory tract
St Louis Encephalitis
Encephalitis, which is a potentially severe viral disease, spread by mosquito thst live in the farm
Japanese Encephalitis
Causes extreme disability by a threadlike African eye worm
Filariasis
Threadworm that affect the lymph nodes and lymph vessels
Wuschereria Bancroftie
Causes swelling extremities esp. elbow
Brugia malayi
Rarely affects genital
Brugaria Timori
Commonly known as eyeworm
Loa loa