RETROVIRIDAE QUIZ

What is the average incubation period for development of AIDS?

One year

Ten years

Five years

Twenty years

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The cells most oftenly infected by HIV are

CD8 + T lymphocytes

Null cells

CD4 + T lymphocytes

None of these

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The commonest opportunistic infection in AIDS patient in India is

tuberculosis

cryptosporidiosis

toxoplasmosis

cryptococcosis

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The problem(s) associated with development of a vaccine against HIV is/are

virus can spread from cell to cell by fusion to produce syncytia

antibody alone may be insufficient

rapid mutation of HIV

all of these

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The commonest bacterial infection in HIV disease is/are

all of these

mycobacterial infection

bartonella infection

salmonella infection

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Viral infections frequently observed in HIV disease is /are

varicella- zoster

all of these

herpes simplex

cytomegalo virus

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HIV belongs to the family retroviridae and sub-family

Lentivirinae

Oncovirinae

Spumavirinae

None of these

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

all of these

cryptococcosis

candidiasis

aspergillosis

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The confirmatory test(s) for HIV infection is/are

detection of p24 antigen

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virus isolation

detection of viral nucleic acid

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

ELISA

Latex agglutination

Dot blot assay

all of these

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