Chapter 17

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Across
  1. 5. 85% of all prion disease cases in humans
  2. 9. Gram-negative diplococci
  3. 10. contains nerves that emanate from the CNS to sense organs and periphery of the body
  4. 11. It is an inflammation of the meninges.
  5. 13. present in urban areas where pigeons congregate
  6. 14. have phagocytic capabilities, activity is reduced when compared to phagocytic cells in other parts of the body
  7. 15. Proteinaceous infectious particles; contain NO GENETIC MATERIAL
Down
  1. 1. scrapie in sheep and goats, transmissible mink encephalopathy, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or “mad cow” disease)
  2. 2. neurodegenerative diseases with very long incubation periods (years) but have rapid progressions
  3. 3. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Strussler-Scheinker disease, and fatal familial insomnia (genetic mutation cause)
  4. 4. causes massive destruction of brain and spinal tissue
  5. 6. Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome (birth defects)
  6. 7. an amoeba
  7. 8. Amoeba-Caused Disorder, naegleria fowleri is an amoeba, which is a member of the protozoa family.
  8. 12. consists of the brain and spinal cord