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The microbe that causes the disease, including details of its morphology. For example, is it a DNA or RNA virus? Is it Gram positive or Gram negative; is it capable of producing endospores?

The means of transmission in detail- what is the vector, if any? Is it communicable or zoonotic? Is it infectious in the larval stage, egg stage, etc?

Symptoms, morbidity and mortality

Treatments and/or prevention

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Consists of central and peripheral systems

(b) Central nervous system is composed of brain and spinal cord

(d) Meninges are membranes that cover brain and spinal cord

(e) Normally free of microbes

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(a) Streptococcus pneumoniae

(b) Escherichia coli

(d) Haemophilus influenzae

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(b) Neisseria meningitidis

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(b) Haemophilus influenzae type A

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