RETROVIRIDAE QUIZ

The screening test/s for diagnosis of HIV infection is/are

Latex agglutination

all of these

Dot blot assay

ELISA

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A viral load test detects the

total amount of virus in the infected host

provirus of HIV in infected cells

number of viruses being released by each infected cell

amount of bacteriophage being produced by E. coli cells

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The commonest bacterial infection in HIV disease is/are

mycobacterial infection

bartonella infection

salmonella infection

all of these

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Fungal infection/s frequently observed in HIV disease is /are:

all of these

candidiasis

cryptococcosis

aspergillosis

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Which of the following is transmembrane pedicle antigen of HIV-I?

gp 140

gp 41

gp 36

gp l20

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Parasitic infection/s frequently observed in HIV disease is / are.

toxoplasmosis

cryptosporidiosis

all of these

isosporiasis

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HIV can infect

M (membranous) cells

CD4 + T lymphocytes

Microglial cells

All of these

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Viral infections frequently observed in HIV disease is /are

varicella- zoster

herpes simplex

cytomegalo virus

all of these

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HIV belongs to the family retroviridae and sub-family

Lentivirinae

Oncovirinae

Spumavirinae

None of these

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HIV or Human Immunodeficiency Virus is considered unique because each virus contains:

sticky proteins that allow it to bind tightly to host cells

more than 100 copies of the viral genome

a genome made up of both DNA and RNA components

a viral enzyme known as reverse transcriptase

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