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Virology Multiple Choice Questions and Answers | Virology MCQs

(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

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(3) All the followingare characteristic opportunistic infection in AIDS EXCEPT
[A] Crytosporidium
[B] Kaposi sarcoma
[C] M avium intracellulare
[D] Aspergillosis
Answer: Kaposi sarcoma
(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
Answer: Sexual contact
(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
Answer: Rhinovirus
(8) Measles and mumps are examples of:
[A] orthmyxovirus
[B] Picornaviruses
[C] Paramyxoviruses
[D] Togavirus
Answer: Paramyxoviruses
(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
Answer: buccal swab
(10) California law requires PHLs to test for which of the viruses below:
[A] Norovirus
[B] sine flu (H1N1)
[C] Rabies
[D] HSV-1
Answer: Rabies

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