Learning on ScreenInfections and the Brain
- Synopsis
- The brain is well protected against most infections, but once they get into or around the brain they can cause fatal or serious long-term consequences. Some bacterial, viral and parasitic infections are particularly well adapted to the brain, ranging from meningococcal meningitis and encephalitis to cerebral malaria and sleeping sickness.
Transmission is by several routes including airborne and via mosquitoes and ticks. Control measures including vaccination have reduced the risk of some, but not all, of these very serious infections. This lecture covesr how infections get into the brain, what their effect is and what we can do to prevent and treat them. This lecture is also available to download as audio file. [53 minutes] - Series
- Infectious Diseases: The Oldest Enemy
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of production
- 2018-2019
- Subjects
- Medical sciences
- Keywords
- brain; infection; meningitis; public health
Online availability
- URI
- https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/epidemics-pandemics-control
- Delivery
- Streamed
Credits
- Contributor
- Chris Professor Whitty
Distributor
- Name
Gresham College
- enquiries@gresham.ac.uk
- Web
- http://www.gresham.ac.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7831 0575
- Fax
- 020 7831 5208
- Address
- Barnard’s Inn Hall
Holborn
London EC1N 2HH
- Name
YouTube
- Web
- http://www.youtube.com External site opens in new window
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