God of archery, music, poetry, prophecy, medicine, and later on the god of the sun. (Ah-paulâ-oh) Distinguishing Features: Youâve got to dig the shades. Apollo likes to look hot, and I donât mean temperature.
CJD, as well as other spongiform encephalopathies, is caused by an unusual pathogenic agent called a prion. A prion is a deviant form of a normally harmless protein found in the brains of mammals and birds.
Both the O145 and O104 strains can cause hemolytic-uremic syndrome; the former strain shown to account for 2% to 51% of known HUS cases; an estimated 56% of such cases are caused by O145 and 14% by other EHEC strains. EHECs that induce bloody diarrhea lead to HUS in 10% of cases.