Pathogen 2

Neurotropic Viral Diseases
- Rabies
- Polio
- Arboviral Encephalitis
Rabies
- Highest mortality rate of any human disease
- Rabies virus transmitted by animal bite
- Death can come within days from respiratory paralysis
Polio
- Poliomyelitis- gray matter of brain and spinal cord is affected
- Poliovirus ingested in contaminated food or water
- Multiplies first in tonsils, then lymphoid tissue in GI tract
- May get into bloodstream where it invades meninges leading to paralysis
Arboviral Encephalitis
- Acute inflammation of the brain
- Caused by a series of Togaviruses Bunyaviruses St. LouisEncephalitis virus
- La CrossEncephalitis virus
- Transmittedby mosquitoes
- Characterized by sudden high fever and severe headache.
- May lead to convulsions and coma

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Pathogen 2

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3 types

Updated

2010-11-23T22:56:35Z

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