In which blood corpuscles, the HIV undergoes replication and produces progeny viruses?
1. Eosinophils 2. Tcells
3. B-lymphocytes 4. Basophils
Subtopic:  AIDS |
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NEET - 2023
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Which of the following is correct regarding AIDS causative agent HIV?

1. HIV is an enveloped virus containing one molecule of single-stranded RNA and one molecule of reverse transcriptase
2. HIV is an enveloped virus that contains two identical molecules of single-stranded RNA and two molecules of reverse transcriptase
3. HIV is an unenveloped retrovirus
4. HIV does not escape but attacks the acquired immune response
Subtopic:  AIDS |
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NEET - 2016
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HIV that causes AIDS first starts destroying:
1. B-lymphocytes 2. leucocytes
3. helper T-lymphocytes 4. thrombocytes
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NEET - 2015
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HIV
1. is a retrovirus
2. destroys T cytotoxic cells
3. is attacked mainly by B cells
4. 1, 2, and 3
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At which stage of HIV infection does one usually show symptoms of AIDS?

1. Within 15 days of sexual contact with an infected person
2. When the infected retrovirus enters host cells
3. When HIV damages a large number of helper T - Plymphocytes.
4. When the viral DNA is produced by reverse transcriptase.

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AIPMT - 2014
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Interferons are most effective in making non-infected cells resistant against the spread of which of the following diseases in humans?
1. ascariasis
2. ringworm
3. amoebiasis
4. AIDS
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HIV infected person starts suffering from infections that could have been otherwise overcome when the virus has destroyed a significant number of:
1. Helper T lymphocytes
2. Cytotoxic T lymphocytes
3. B lymphocytes
4. Macrophages
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Consider the given two statements:
Assertion (A): It is very important that the HIV/AIDS infected persons are not isolated from family and society.
Reason (R): HIV/AIDS is not an infectious disease.
 
1. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains Assertion.
2. (A) is True; (R) is False
3. (A) is False; (R) is True
4. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A).
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