Anatomy of the Nervous System

 

Brain Anatomy & Spinal Tap

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Streptococcus pneumoniae

http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/detail.asp?id=3149

This micrograph depicts <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> bacteria in cerebral spinal fluid using FA staining technique.

Neisseria meningitidis

 

Haemophilus influenzae meningitis

Overall incidence

Listeria

Leprosy

Estimated Number of Leprosy Cases in WHO Regions, June, 1997

WHO Region

Estimated number of Cases

Estimated Prevalence Per 10,000

Africa

1,40,000

2.4

America

1,40,000

1.7

South-East Asia

8,00,000

5.7

Eastern Mediterranean

30,000

0.6

Western Pacific

40,000

0.2

Europe

Less than      1000

 

Total

11,50,000

2.0

Prevalence rate registered in some of the endemic countries is:

Endemic Country

Prevalence rate per 10,000 population

India

5.7

Brazil

6.6

Myanmar

4.1

Nepal

5.8

Mozambique

6.1

Madagascar

4.3

Guinea

5.0

Source: WHO and Government of India.

Botulism Toxin

Tetanus

 

Polio

http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/detail.asp?id=235

Transmission electron micrograph of poliovirus type 1.

Polio

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Crowd in San Antonio, Texas waiting for immunizations http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/detail.asp?id=2618

An aerial view of a crowd surrounding a massive city auditorium in San Antonio, TX awaiting polio immunization, 1962.

Child with sequelae of polio.  Quote from Dr. Harry Hull.http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/detail.asp?id=984

Rabies Virus http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/mmid/bms5300/images/rabdo.jpg

Cryptococcal meningitis

 

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