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choice questions</category><category>part 3 hiv multiple choice questions</category><category>part 4 hiv multiple choice questions</category><category>part 5 hiv multiple choice questions</category><category>part 6 hiv multiple choice questions</category><category>part 7 hiv multiple choice questions</category><category>part 8 hiv multiple choice questions</category><category>part 9 hiv multiple choice questions</category><category>pol gene</category><category>pulmonary disease in hiv mcqs</category><category>r5 viruses</category><category>r5x4 viruses</category><category>retroviridae family</category><category>side effects of drugs used in hiv</category><category>subtypes of m group of hiv-1</category><category>toxoplasmosis in hiv</category><category>trim5-alpha</category><category>vif viral protein</category><category>vpu vpr vpx tat rev nef vif genes of hiv</category><category>x4 viruses</category><title>Human Immunodeficiency Virus ( HIV ) MCQS</title><description>collection of Multiple choice questions on HIV and AIDS</description><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><copyright>unauthorised copying and publishing of information from this blog is strictly prohibited</copyright><itunes:keywords>hiv,mcqs,human,immunodeficiency,virus,multiple,choice,questions,aids,mcqs,acquired,immunodeficiency,syndrome</itunes:keywords><itunes:summary>hiv mcqs human immunodeficiency virus multiple choice questions aids mcqs acquired immunodeficiency syndrome </itunes:summary><itunes:subtitle>hiv mcqs</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>doctor</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:email>prashanthparigela@gmail.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>doctor</itunes:name></itunes:owner><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-8044833746053236237</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 08:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-23T08:40:09.357-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">adverse effects of anti retroviral drugs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">causes of bonemarrow suppression in hiv infection</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">drugs causing bone marrow suppression in hiv infection</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">side effects of drugs used in hiv</category><title>Causes of Bone marrow suppression in HIV infection</title><atom:summary type="text">General causes :


1. HIV infection itself
2. Mycobacterial infections
3. Fungal infections
4. B19 Parvovirus infection
5. Lymphoma&amp;nbsp;


Drugs used in HIV patient which cause Bone marrow suppression :


1. Zidovudine
2. Dapsone
3. trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
4. Pyrimethamine
5. 5-Flucytosine
6. Ganciclovir
7. Interferon-alpha
8. Trimetrexate
9. Foscarnet&amp;nbsp;




</atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/causes-of-bone-marrow-suppression-in.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-4100941503633610197</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 08:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-03T11:25:34.827-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">causes of bonemarrow suppression in hiv patients</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">drugs causing bone marrow suppression in hiv</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs part 14</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">part 14 hiv multiple choice questions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pulmonary disease in hiv mcqs</category><title>Part 14 HIV Multiple choice questions</title><atom:summary type="text">66q: what is most common manifestation of pulmonary disease in HIV infected patients ?


a. pneumonia
b. carcinoma
c. bronchiectasis
d. asthma


  answer  a . pneumonia, mostly caused by pneumococcus and H.influenza  and  P. Jiroveci   

67q: what is the treatment of choice for severe pneumocystis carinii disease in a patient unable to tolerate TMP/SMX ?


a. intravenous pentamidine 
b. </atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/part-14-hiv-multiple-choice-questions.html</link><thr:total>3</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-1852665265797835512</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 08:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-02T01:41:58.746-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dual infections with hiv</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv and syphilis</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lues maligna</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nephrotic syndrome and hiv</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">neurosyphilis and hiv</category><title>Lues maligna</title><atom:summary type="text">While most HIV-infected individuals with syphilis have a typical presentation, a variety of formerly rare clinical problems may be encountered in the setting of dual infection .

Among them are lues maligna , an ulcerating lesion of the skin due to necrotizing vasculitis; unexplained fever; nephrotic syndrome and neurosyphilis .&amp;nbsp;</atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/lues-maligna.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-273393417860120014</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 08:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-02T01:01:44.959-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">average CD4 count of hiv at death</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs part 13</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">modes of transmission of hiv mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mother to fetus transmission of hiv mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">part 13 hiv multiple choice questions</category><title>Part 13 HIV Multiple choice questions</title><atom:summary type="text">61q: in the absence of prophylactic antiretroviral therapy to the mother during pregnancy, labor and delivery and to the fetus following birth , the probability of transmission of HIV from mother to infant/fetus in industrialized countries is ?


a. 15-25 %
b. 25-35 %
c. 50-60 %
d. 100 %


  answer  a . 15-25 %   

62q: in the absence of prophylactic antiretroviral therapy to the mother during </atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/part-13-hiv-multiple-choice-questions.html</link><thr:total>2</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-3167075173862107928</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 06:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-09T04:45:08.581-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cd4 count and opportunistic infections in hiv</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cmv in hiv</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ganciclovir for cmv in hiv</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mac in hiv</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">prophylaxis of opportunistic infections in HIV mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">toxoplasmosis in hiv</category><title>Part 12 HIV Multiple choice questions</title><atom:summary type="text">56q: itraconazole is used as a first choice for prophylaxis of which of the following opportunistic infections in a HIV infected patient ?


a. Cryptococcus neoformans
b. Histoplasma capsulatum
c. Coccidioides immitis
d. Pencillium marneffei
e. Both b and d


  answer  e . both b and d .   

57q: what is the drug used as a first line prophylaxis for the prevention of Cytomegalovirus infection in </atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/part-12-hiv-multiple-choice-questions.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-4630237449480340401</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 06:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-03T11:39:49.863-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aids mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">combivir</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs part 11</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">opportunistic infections in HIV mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">part 11 hiv multiple choice questions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">prophylaxis of opportunistic infections in HIV mcqs</category><title>Part 11 HIV Multiple choice questions</title><atom:summary type="text">51q: which of the following is not a NNRTI drug ?


a. delaviridine
b. nevirapine
c. efavirenz
d. etravirine 
e. all are NNRTIs 


  answer  e . all are NNRTIs . etravirine is also a NNRTI .   
52q: the drug COMBIVIR is a combination of which retroviral drugs ?


a. zidovudine and lamivudine
b. zidovudine and abacavir
c. zidovudine , lamivudine and abacavir
d. tenofovir and emtricitabine


  </atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/part-11-hiv-multiple-choice-questions.html</link><thr:total>1</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-4050916248131514294</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 05:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-01T22:22:11.655-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aids mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ccr5 co-receptors</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cxcr4 co-receptors for hiv</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dual tropic hiv viruses</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">human immunodeficiency virus mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">r5 viruses</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">r5x4 viruses</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">x4 viruses</category><title>R5X4 HIV viruses</title><atom:summary type="text">HIV-1 utilizes two major co-receptors along with CD4 to bind to, fuse with, and enter target cells; these co-receptors are CCR5 and CXCR4, which are also receptors for certain endogenous chemokines. Strains of HIV that utilize CCR5 as a co-receptor are referred to as R5 viruses. Strains of HIV that utilize CXCR4 are referred to as X4 viruses. Many virus strains are dual tropic in that they </atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/r5x4-hiv-viruses.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-6199254912453957662</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 22:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-01T15:16:11.158-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aids mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ccr5 antagonist</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">delaviridine</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">efavirenz</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs part 10</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">integrase inhibitor raltegravir</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">maraviroc</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nevirapine</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nnrti drugs for hiv</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nrti drugs for hiv</category><title>Part 10 HIV Multiple choice questions</title><atom:summary type="text">46q: all of the following drugs used in the treatment of HIV are reverse transcriptase inhibitors except ?


a. delaviridine
b. efavirenz
c. zalcitabine
d. indinavir
e. abacavir


  answer  d . indinavir is a protease inhibitor   

47q: what is the mechanism of action of maraviroc , a drug used in the treatment of HIV?


a. integrase inhibitor
b. CCR5 antagonist
c. CXCR4 antagonist
d. Reverse </atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/part-10-hiv-multiple-choice-questions.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-4394471844943583456</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 20:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-01T13:39:29.563-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aids mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs part 9</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv transmission by clotting factor concentrates</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv transmission mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">part 9 hiv multiple choice questions</category><title>Part 9 HIV Multiple choice questions</title><atom:summary type="text">41q: infusion of which of the following has the least chance of transmitting HIV infection?


a. whole blood
b. packed RBC
c. platelets
d. leucocytes
e. plasma
f. clotting factor concentrates


  answer  f . clotting factors . the chance of infection of a hemophiliac via clotting factor concentrates has essentially been eliminated  because of the added layer of safety resulting from  heat </atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/part-9-hiv-multiple-choice-questions.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-7217076316236580876</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 20:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-01T13:20:42.805-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aids mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blood and blood products transfusion hiv spread</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs part 8</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">modes of hiv transmission</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">part 8 hiv multiple choice questions</category><title>Part 8 HIV Multiple choice questions</title><atom:summary type="text">36q: Usually the heterosexual transmission of HIV is rare when the infected partner has a plasma level of _____________ copies of HIV RNA per milliliter ?


a. less than 1000
b. less than 1500
c. less than 2000
d. less than 2500


  answer  b . less than 1500 copies of HIV RNA per milliliter   

37q: the rate of HIV transmission per coital act was highest during ?


a. early stage of HIV </atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/part-8-hiv-multiple-choice-questions.html</link><thr:total>2</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-2129323823935550359</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 19:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-01T12:58:38.465-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aids mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">anal sex and hiv</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">heterosexual transmission of hiv</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs part 7</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">modes of transmission of hiv</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">part 7 hiv multiple choice questions</category><title>Part 7 HIV Multiple choice questions</title><atom:summary type="text">31q: which subtype of the M group of HIV-1 viruses is most common in south and southeast asia ?


a. A subtype of M group of HIV-1
b. CRF01_AE
c. CRF02_AG
d. D subtype of M group of HIV-1


  answer  b . CRF01_AE   

32q: which of the following is not a mode of transmission of HIV ?


a. sexual contact
b. needle prick
c. mosquito bite
d. transfusion of infected fresh frozen plasma 


  answer  c </atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/part-7-hiv-multiple-choice-questions.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-873160110030443121</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 19:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-01T12:45:09.282-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aids mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">circulating recombinant factors hiv</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv crfs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs part 6</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">most common subtypes of m group of hiv</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">part 6 hiv multiple choice questions</category><title>Part 6 HIV Multiple choice questions</title><atom:summary type="text">26q: the chimpanzee subspecies pan troglodytes troglodytes has been established to be the natural reservoir of which groups of HIV-1 ?


a. M and O
b. N and O
c. M and N
d. None 


  answer  c . M and N groups   

27q: what are CRFs ?


Answer: CRFs are circulating recombinant forms . these are generated by infection of an individual with two subtypes of HIV viruses that then recombine and create</atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/part-6-hiv-multiple-choice-questions.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-8674966016631355579</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 19:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-03T11:33:57.890-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aids mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv genome mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs part 5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">part 5 hiv multiple choice questions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">subtypes of m group of hiv-1</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vpu vpr vpx tat rev nef vif genes of hiv</category><title>Part 5 HIV Multiple choice questions</title><atom:summary type="text">21q: env gene encodes which of the following constituents of the HIV-1 virus ?


a. encodes the enzymes responsible for protease processing of viral proteins 
b. encodes the envelope glycoproteins
c. encodes the proteins that forms the core of the virion
d. p24 antigen
e. both c and d 


  answer  b . env gene encodes the envelope glycoproteins   

22q: HIV-1 genome contains all the following </atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/part-5-hiv-multiple-choice-questions.html</link><thr:total>2</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-3327333763782666380</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 18:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-01T11:42:59.164-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aids mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">env gene</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gag gene</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv integrase</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv lipid rafts</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs part 4</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv multiple choice questions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">part 4 hiv multiple choice questions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pol gene</category><title>Part 4 HIV Multiple choice questions</title><atom:summary type="text">16q: after the HIV viral DNA enters the nucleus of the host cell it is integrated into the host cell chromosomes through the action of another virally encoded enzyme called ?


a. protease
b. integrase
c. DNAse
d. RNAse
e. Reverse transcriptase


  answer  b . integrase   

17q: what are lipid rafts ?


Answer: Budding of the HIV progeny virion occurs through specialized regions in the lipid </atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/part-4-hiv-multiple-choice-questions.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-5941040137760608138</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 18:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-01T11:41:23.468-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aids mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cyclophilin a</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dc-sign</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs part 3</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">part 3 hiv multiple choice questions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">simian immunodeficiency virus</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">trim5-alpha</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vif viral protein</category><title>Part 3 HIV Multiple choice questions</title><atom:summary type="text">11q: what is DC-SIGN ?


Answer: certain dendritic cells express a diversity of C-type lectin receptors on their surface, one of which is called DC-SIGN, that also binds with high affinity to the HIV gp120 envelope protein, allowing dendritic cell to facilitate the binding of HIV virus to the CD4+ T cell upon engagement of dendritic cells with CD4+ T cells .


12q: what is TRIM5-ALPHA ?


Answer:</atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/part-3-hiv-multiple-choice-questions.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-8228740855103833989</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 16:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-01T11:41:10.175-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aids mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ccr5 and cxcr4 coreceptor for hiv</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gp 120 and gp 41 proteins</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs part 2</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pan troglodytes troglodytes chimpanzee</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">part 2 hiv multiple choice questions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">simian immunodeficiency virus</category><title>Part 2 HIV Multiple choice questions</title><atom:summary type="text">6q: what is the name of the species of the chimpanzee that has been established as the natural reservoir of HIV-1 ?


  answer  pan troglodytes troglodytes   

7q: HIV-2 is more closely related phylogenetically to which virus ?


a. HIV-1 of chimpanzees
b. Simian immunodeficiency virus ( SIV ) in sooty mangabeys
c. SIV in sykes
d. SIV in African green monkeys


  answer  b . SIV in sooty </atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/05/part-2-hiv-multiple-choice-questions.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196673684631202279.post-4591345312377540879</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-01T11:14:44.679-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">acquired immunodeficiency syndrome mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aids mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hiv mcqs part 1</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">human immunodeficiency virus mcqs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lenti viruses</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">part 1 hiv multiple choice questions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">retroviridae family</category><title>Part 1 HIV Multiple chioce questions</title><atom:summary type="text">1q: HIV belongs to which family of viruses ?


a. retroviridae
b. reoviridae
c. calci viruses
d. picorna viruses


  answer  a . retroviridae   

2q: HIV belongs to which subfamily of viruses ?


a. papova viruses
b. pox viruses
c. herpes viruses
d. lenti viruses


  answer  d . lenti viruses   

3q: any HIV infected individual with a CD4+ T cell count of less than ___________
Has AIDS by </atom:summary><link>http://hivmcqs.blogspot.com/2009/04/under-construction.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>prashanthparigela@gmail.com (doctor)</author></item></channel></rss>