Which of the following is NOT a typical opportunistic infection seen in AIDS patients?
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
Kaposi's sarcoma
Toxoplasmosis
Influenza
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Human immunodeficiency virus causes
Acquired immuno deficiency syndrome
Anthrax
Tuberculosis
Polio
The AIDS test is known as
ELISA
Australian antigen
HIV test
None of these
With regard to the transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Which one of the following statements is not correct?
The chances of transmission from female to male are twice as likely as from male to female
The chances of transmission are more if a person suffers from other sexually transmitted infections
An infected mother can transmit the infection to her baby during pregnancy at child birth and by breast feeding
The risk of contracting infection from transfusion of infected blood is much higher than an exposure to contaminate needle
HIV is a member of group of viruses alled
Retrovirus
Rhinovirus
Baculovirus
Nucleopolyhedrovirus
HIV belongs to which of the following families of viruses?
Retrovirus
Togavirus
Adenovirus
Lentivirus
Which of the following immune cells is the primary target for HIV replication?
Helper T cells
Macrophages
Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Which of the following statements accurately describes the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the causative agent of AIDS?
It is a bacterium that infects red blood cells.
It is a virus that targets B cells.
It is a retrovirus that targets helper T cells.
It is a prion that affects the nervous system.
HIV is a …A… , which means it has genes composed of …B… like all viruses, HIV replicates inside the host cells. Its considered a retrovirus because it uses an enzymes, …C…, to convert …D….. into …E… . Here A to E refers to
A-retrovirus, B-RNA, C-reverse transcriptase, D-RNA, E-DNA
A-retroviral, B-DNA, C-reverse transcriptase, D-DNA, E-RNA
A-rhinovirus, B-DNA, C-reverse transcriptase, D-DNA, E-RNA
A-adenovirus, B-RNA, C-reverse transcriptase, D-RNA, E-DNA
Which of the following is correct regarding AIDS causative HIV?
HIV does not escape but attacks the acquired immune response
HIV is enveloped virus containing one molecule of single-stranded RNA and one molecule of reverse transcriptase.
HIV is enveloped virus that contains two identical molecules of single – stranded RNA and two molecules of reverse transcriptase.
HIV is unenveloped retrovirus
HIV's primary target cells, crucial for initiating an adaptive immune response, are also known as:
CD4 cells
CD8 cells
Plasma cells
Memory B cells
