Across
- 3. common term for bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- 5. ____ 2; common pathogen causing viral meningitis
- 7. ____ virus; mosquito borne virus causing microcephaly
- 9. ____ fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord, collected in a spinal tap
- 12. inflammation of the meninges and brain; primary symptom of naegleria fowleri infection
- 14. burst blood vessels under skin; can appear with bacterial meningitis infection
- 15. type of meningitis that is most rare, typically occurs in immunocompromised patients
Down
- 1. abbreviation of prion disease in humans, about 85% of prion disease cases
- 2. ___ barrier, vascular barrier covering the brain
- 4. immune cells specific to the brain
- 6. type of meningitis that is most common
- 8. type of meningitis that is most fatal
- 10. tissue that is damaged by prion diseases
- 11. inflammation of the meninges
- 13. ____ meningitidis ; common pathogen causing bacterial meningitis