Exam 24: Diseases of the Nervous System

While over 90% of populations that live in closed environments (such as military bases,dormitories and day-care centers are carriers)only 1 of 1000 carriers will have meningitis. This statement refers to _____.

This organism can exist in the spore form and cause tetanus.

Mycobacterium leprae is difficult to cultivate but it can be grown _____.

One problem with treating Hansen's disease is _____.

Prions infectivity:

Which of the following statements is incorrect about JC virus?

What do kuru,scrapie and Creutzfeldt Jakob disease all have in common?

All of the following statements about the nodular form of Hansen's disease are true EXCEPT:

The most sensitive method for detecting rabies is _____.

All of the following statements refer to mad cow disease except

________ can be especially dangerous to pregnant women causing abortion,stillbirth,or neonatal death.

Which of the following is responsible for Chagas' disease?

_______ is the only bacterial species known to destroy peripheral nerve cells.

The central nervous system includes all of the following except:

Health care workers should watch for undiagnosed Hansen's disease among _____.

All of the following statements about rabies are true except:

Which of the following viral encephalitis infections is not caused by a togavirus?

African sleeping sickness is caused by _____.

Which of the following is an emerging viral encephalitis that has recently spread across the United States?

The most common domestic rabid animals in the United States today are _____.