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(1)
Which of the following is false about HIV ?
[A]
It is a DNA virus
[B]
It attacks CD4 cells
[C]
Macrophages are the reservoir
[D]
It reverses CD4:CD8 ratio
Answer: It is a DNA virus
(2)
During the window period of patients with AIDS
[A]
ELISA is negative
[B]
Western blot is negative
[C]
Both ELISA and Western blot is negative
[D]
PCR is negative
Answer: Both ELISA and Western blot is negative
(3)
All the followingare characteristic opportunistic infection in AIDS EXCEPT
[A]
Crytosporidium
[B]
Kaposi sarcoma
[C]
M avium intracellulare
[D]
Aspergillosis
(4)
The best laboratory method to diagnose AIDS infection is
[A]
RIA
[B]
ELISA
[C]
Western blot test
[D]
Complement Fixation test
Answer: Western blot test
(5)
The approximate chance of infection per exposure is less in the case of
[A]
Blood trasfusion
[B]
Tissue or organ donation
[C]
Sexual contact
[D]
Transplacental transmission
(6)
Enveloped viruses mature by:
[A]
rupturing the cell membrane causing cell death and releasing the virus
[B]
incorporating cell DNA into the viral genome
[C]
allowing the recombination of RNA sequences in cells co-infected with two or more different cells
[D]
budding from the cell membrane
Answer: budding from the cell membrane
(7)
Which of the following groups of viruses grows bette rin HFDL cells than in primary monkey cells?
[A]
Rhinovirus
[B]
Enterovirus
[C]
paramyxoviruses
[D]
orthomyxovirus
(8)
Measles and mumps are examples of:
[A]
orthmyxovirus
[B]
Picornaviruses
[C]
Paramyxoviruses
[D]
Togavirus
(9)
The specimen of choice for virus isolation from a patient with suspected mumps infection is:
[A]
NP swab
[B]
stool
[C]
buccal swab
[D]
actue
(10)
California law requires PHLs to test for which of the viruses below:
[A]
Norovirus
[B]
sine flu (H1N1)
[C]
Rabies
[D]
HSV-1
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