Across
- 3. Fungi that can cause meningitis. Present in areas where pigeons congregate.
- 4. 85% of all prion disease cases in humans. Altered behavior, dementia, memory loss, impaired senses, delirium, and premature senility (fatal).
- 8. A small red or purple spot that can appear on the body caused by hemorrhage of capillaries.
- 9. Proteinaceous infectious particles, contains no genetic material.
- 11. Gram-negative diplococci. Epidemic form of meningitis. Causes the most serious form of acute meningitis.
- 13. Small heads in newborns, caused by zika virus.
- 14. Gram-negative diplococci that causes bacterial meningitis.
- 15. Virus that can cause birth defects in babies.
- 16. Vaccines for meningitis.
Down
- 1. Consists of the brain and spinal cord.
- 2. Vascular interface between the blood vessels serving the brain and the brain itself. Cells that make up the walls of these blood vessels allow very few molecules to pass through.
- 5. Contains nerves that emanate from the CNS to sense organs and periphery of the body.
- 6. Inflammation of the meninges.
- 7. More common than bacterial meningitis, majority of cases occur in children.
- 10. Amoeba caused disorder. Causes massive destruction of brain and spinal tissue (fatal).
- 12. Lumbar puncture, tool for diagnosis of meningitis.