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[[Image:N.meningitidis.png|thumb|300px|right|Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Neisseria meningitidis, magnified x 33000 (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2197533/As-pretty-picture-lot-deadly--Killer-diseases-youve-seen-before.html).]]
[[Image:N.meningitidis.png|thumb|300px|right|Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Neisseria meningitidis, a gram-negative diplococci bacteria that causes meningococcal meningitis (magnified x 33000) (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2197533/As-pretty-picture-lot-deadly--Killer-diseases-youve-seen-before.html).]]
 
[[Image:h9991203|thumb|300px|right|CT scans of a normal brain (Figure 1) and infected brain (Figure 2).  Encephalitis is a symptom of bacterial meningitis (http://diagnosis-nerd.blogspot.com/2012/09/wotd-encephalitis.html).]]

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Introduction

Electron micrograph of the Ebola Zaire virus. This was the first photo ever taken of the virus, on 10/13/1976. By Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, then at the CDC.


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Breakdown of the meninges, a three-layer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord (http://body-disease.com/acute-bacterial-meningitis/ ).
Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Neisseria meningitidis, a gram-negative diplococci bacteria that causes meningococcal meningitis (magnified x 33000) (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2197533/As-pretty-picture-lot-deadly--Killer-diseases-youve-seen-before.html).