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| What kind of virus is poliovirus? |
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| What causes poliomeylitis? |
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| What are the common symptoms of polio? |
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| infected tonsils, intestine, and lymphatic tissue (can cause viremia) |
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| What are the rare symptoms of polio? |
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| may enter nerve cells and kill them (results in paralysis) |
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| How is poliovirus contracted? |
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| What are the 2 vaccines for poliovirus? which one isnt used anymore and why? |
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| salk (injection of inactivated) and sabin (oral, live attenuated); sabin isnt used anymore because the live attenuated polio virus changed into its active form in some cases and caused polio |
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| rabies virus (rhabdovirus) |
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| WHat are the two forms of rabies? |
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| furious (foaming at mouth) and dumb (paralytic) |
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| How does rabies enter the human? |
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| through saliva of animal into open wound |
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| How do you diagnose rabies? |
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| fluorescent antibody assay on brain tissue of suspected animal |
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| When do you treat rabies? |
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| right after you think you might have it - if you get the symptoms it's too late to treat |
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| rabies immune globulin (RIG) or human diploid cell vaccine (HDCV) |
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| what is rabies immune globulin? |
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| when you inject a horse with the rabies virus they build up antibodies, and you inject those into someone who thinks they might have rabies |
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| what is post exposure prophylaxis? |
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| already exposed to rabies, then they give you a vaccination |
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| what is the cause of viral encephalitis? |
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| what are the different types of viral encephalitis? |
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| eastern and western equine encephalitis, st. louis encephalitis, LaCosse Encephalitis, Venecuelen Equine, WEst Nile virus |
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| What are the symptoms of viral encephalitis? |
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| chills, headache, fever, confusion, coma |
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| How do you diagnose viral encephalitis? |
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| indirect ELISA (to detect antibodies), detect IgM against the virus |
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| Where does viral encephalitis come from? |
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| starts in animals, mosquito is the vector |
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| How do you treat viral encephalitis? |
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| there is no treatment : prevent it by using insecticides and repellents |
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