A patient with advanced HIV infection develops a rapidly progressing brain lesion caused by a eukaryotic parasite. Which of the following is the MOST likely causative agent?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Candida albicans
Toxoplasma gondii
Cryptococcus neoformans
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Genetic material found in Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV)is
Double stranded RNA
Single stranded RNA
Double stranded DNA
Single stranded DNA
Transmission of HIV infection from infected mother to her child occurs through
Liver
Placenta
Skin
None of these
The term 'window period' in HIV infection refers to:
The period of acute infection immediately after exposure
The asymptomatic phase of HIV infection
The time between infection and detectable antibody production
The final stage of HIV infection leading to AIDS
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
I. belongs to the group retrovirus
II. has RNA genome enclosed in an envelope
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Only I
Only II
I and II
None of these
At which stage of HIV infection does one usually shows symptoms of AIDS?
When viral DNA is produced by reverse transcriptase
When HIV replicates rapidly in helper T-lymphocytes and damages large number of these
With 15 days of sexual contact with an infected person
When the infecting retrovirus enters host cells
HIV affects …… in AIDS patients
Cytotoxic cells
Killer T-cells
Suppressor cell
Helper T-cell
Which cells of the immune system are primarily targeted and destroyed by HIV?
B cells
Killer T cells (CD8+ T cells)
Macrophages
Helper T cells (CD4+ T cells)
AIDS virus is also known as
HIV
HTL V-III
LAV
All of these
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
I. belongs to the group retrovirus
II. has RNA genome enclosed in an envelope
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Only I
Only II
I and II
None of these
HIV belongs to which of the following families of viruses?
Retrovirus
Togavirus
Adenovirus
Lentivirus
