Foundations in Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259705212
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 25.L2, Problem 10CT
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The possible diseases the man in the given case might have had, and how would he have contracted them.
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The given case is of a man from rural Idaho, showing fever, loss of memory, difficulty in speech, convulsions, tremors, and he lapsed into a coma. He recovered but sustained long-term neurological disabilities. He did not have bacterial meningitis, and had no known contact with animals. This occurred in late spring.
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