Across
- 1. inflammation of meninges with stiff neck and fever
- 3. LPS released by Neisseria meningitidis stimulating leukocytes
- 5. brain macrophages with reduced phagocytic activity
- 9. Gram-negative diplococci causing epidemic meningitis
- 10. Disease human prion disease with dementia and death within a year
- 14. vascular interface that prohibits most microorganisms and antibiotics
- 15. cerebrospinal fluid providing cushioning for CNS
- 16. neurodegenerative disease caused by prions with long incubation
Down
- 2. CNS allows only partial immune response
- 4. neoformans fungus from pigeon droppings causing rare meningitis
- 6. protease virulence factor of Neisseria meningitidis that destroys antibodies
- 7. small red/purple skin spots from vascular damage
- 8. fowleri amoeba from warm fresh water causing PAM
- 11. proteinaceous infectious particle with no genetic material
- 12. central nervous system consisting of brain and spinal cord
- 13. virus mosquito-borne virus causing congenital microcephaly