Detection and Treatment of AIDS

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Can you list 10 recombinant proteins which are used in medical practice? Find out where they are used as therapeutics (use the internet).

Q.

What happens if you miss a day of pep?

Q. is a widely used diagnostic test for AIDS.

1. ELISA
2. NACO
3. HIV
4. Platelet count

Q. Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding medical termination of pregnancy (MTP)?

1. This procedure is performed to get rid of unwanted pregnancies.
2. MTPs can't be done without surgery.
3. MTPs are considered relatively safe during the first trimester.
4. It needs the assistance of qualified medical practitioners.

Q. It is a normally a rare cancer but becomes a marker for AIDS/HIV patients

1. Kaposi's sarcoma
2. retinoblastoma
3. squamous cell carcinoma
4. leukaemia

Q. Which of the following techniques serve the purpose of early diagnosis?
(ii) R-DNA technology
(ii) PCR
(iii) ELISA
(iv) Convential method of diagnosis(serum, urine analysis, etc.)

1. (i), (ii) and (iii)
2. Only (iv)
3. Only (iii)
4. All of these

Q. A patient is suspected to be suffering from AIDS. Which diagnostic technique would you recommend for its detection?

1. ELISA
2. MRI
3. Widal test
4. Ultrasound

Q. is a widely used diagnostic test for AIDS.

1. ELISA
2. NACO
3. HIV
4. Platelet count

Q. State whether true or false:
Antiretroviral drugs block the HIV-RT enzyme.

1. AIDS is an immunodeficiency disease
2. It is cause by the retrovirus HIV

Q. What is the mechanism by which the AIDS virus causes deficiency of immune system of the infected person?

Q. A certain patient is suspected to be suffering from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Which diagnostic technique will you recommend for its detection ?

1. WIDAL
2. ELISA
3. MRI
4. Ultra Sound

Q. Why do cytokine barriers fail in the case of HIV Viruses ?

Q. ELISA is used in detection of

1. Hay fever
2. Tetanus
3. AIDS
4. Tuberculosis

Q. The cytokine barrier among these is

1. Polymorphonuclear neutrophil
2. Monocyte
3. NK cells
4. Interferon
5. Macrophage

Q. Spleen increases in size during malaria due to

1. More lymphocytes
2. Dead RBC
3. Antibodies
4. Both A and B

Q. It is a normally a rare cancer but becomes a marker for AIDS/HIV patients

1. squamous cell carcinoma
2. retinoblastoma
3. Kaposi's sarcoma
4. leukaemia

Q. A certain patient is suspected to be suffering from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Which diagnostic technique will you recommend for its detection ?

1. ELISA
2. MRI
3. Ultra Sound
4. WIDAL

Q. Consider the following statements:
(a) High blood pressure is an infectious disease.
(b) Penicillin is effective against bacteria because it inhibits their wall formation.
(c) AIDS spreads, through sex, blood to blood contact and from mother to child.
Which of the above statements are correct?

1. (a) and (b)
2. (b) and (c)
3. (a), (b) and (c)
4. None of the above

Q. Which diagnostic test is recommended for patients suffering from AIDS?

1. Mantoux test
2. WIDAL
3. ELISA
4. MRI

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What happens to the sporozoites which rupture from the blood cells releasing toxins? Does it continue to produce toxins and divide itself, causing harm to the person?

Q.

If a pregnant women is HIV positive and she is treated with medicines to deliver a normal child, can she transfer the HIV virus back to her normal HIV free child by colostrum?

Q. Western blot test is used for confirmation of

1. Filaria
2. Anaemia
3. Malaria
4. AIDS

Q. A patient is suspected to be suffering from AIDS. Which diagnostic technique would you recommend for its detection?

1. ELISA
2. MRI
3. Widal test
4. Ultrasound

Q. Ravi visited a blood donation camp in a village. In spite of a syringe being available in the camp, he purchased a new syringe from a chemist. There he saw the doctor sterilizing the syringe before it is being administered to other people. In the camp, he also came to know that he is a universal donor.
(i) He took that precaution against an infectious diseases. Identify them.
(ii) Why did the doctor sterilize the syringe?
(iii) What is the blood group of Ravi?

1. (i)- AIDS; (ii)- to avoid infections, (iii)- $O^{-}$
2. (i)- AIDS; (ii)- to avoid infections, (iii)- $A{B}^{+}$
3. (i)- plague; (ii)- to avoid infections, (iii)- $A{B}^{+}$
4. (i)- hepatitis; (ii)- to avoid infections, (iii)- $O^{+}$