Modes of AIDS Spread

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Which one of the following pairs of disease can spread through blood transfusion?

1. Cholera and hepatitis

2. Hepatitis and AIDS

3. Diabetes mellitus and malaria

4. Hay fever and AIDS

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What are the various routes by which transmission of human immunodeficiency virus takes place ?

Q. Your school has been selected by the Department of Education to organize and host an interschool seminar on "Reproductive Health — Problems and Practices". However, many parents are reluctant to permit their wards to attend it. Their argument is that the topic is "too embarrassing".
Put forth four arguments with appropriate reasons and explanation to justify the topic to be very essential and timely. [4]

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How is the information about reproductive health is given in schools

A. By introducing. sex. education as a subject

B. By discussion

C. By. orators on sex education

D. By. Arranging question .answer sessions.

Q. Write True or False: ​ (i) HIV is caused by AIDS.

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(iii) AIDS does not spread through shaking hands, hugging or kissing. Is it true? Comment.

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Name the target organ of Japanese encephalitis and AIDS virus respectively.

Q. 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 infecting retrovirus enters host cells
3. When viral DNA is produced by reverse transcriptase
4. When HIV replicates rapidly in helper T-lymphocytes and starts to reduce the number of T cells by destroying them.

Q. Enlist the basic modes of transmission of AIDS

Q. Which of the following is a mode of transmission of AIDS?

1. Sweat
2. Sharing drinking glasses
3. Sharing food or utensils
4. Blood transfusion

Q.

Classify the following diseases as infectious or non-infectious

(a) AIDS

(b) Tuberculosis

(c) Cholera

(d) High blood pressure

(e) Heart disease

(f) Pneumonia

(g) Cancer

Q. AIDS does not spreads through

1. Contact with clothes of an AIDS patient
2. Using a syringe used by an AIDS patient
3. Mother with AIDS to the foetus during pregnancy
4. The breast feeding by AIDS suffering mother to a child

Q. When is the World $AIDS$ Day celebrated?

1. ${23}^{rd}$ May
2. $7^{th}$ July
3. ${14}^{th}$ July
4. $1^{st}$ December

Q. AIDS virus spreads in the body through

1. Carrier T-cells
2. Suppressor T-cells
3. Helper T-cells
4. Killer T-cells

Q.

How can AIDS be prevented?

Q. What precautions will you take to keep away from diseases like AIDS and other STD's?

Q. Which of the following diseases spreads through infected needles or blood transfusion?

1. Jaundice
2. AIDS
3. Measles
4. Polio

Q. AIDS is caused by HIV that principally infects

1. All lymphocytes
2. Activator B-cells
3. Cytotoxic T-cells
4. T-4 helper lymphocytes

Q. Choose the correct statement/s.
I. A person suffering from AIDS may die from any disease.
II. When a person suffers from AIDS, then his/her immune system becomes stronger.

1. Only I
2. Only II
3. Both are correct
4. Both are incorrect

Q. Which of the following viruses is not transferred through semen of an infected male ?

1. Human immunodeficiency virus
2. Hepatitis B virus
3. Ebola virus
4. Chikungunya virus

Q. At which stage of HIV infection does the patient shows symptoms of AIDS

1. within 15 days o sexual contact with an infected person
2. HIV replicates repidly in helper T-lymphocytes and damages a large number of them
3. When an infecting retrovirus enters host cells
4. When viral DNA is produced by reverse transcriptase

Q. Immuno-deficiency syndrome could develop due to ............ ​

1. defective thymus
2. weak immune system
3. AIDS virus
4. defective liver

Q. What is AIDS? Which microbe is responsible for AIDS infection ? State one mode transmission of this disease.Explain in brief one measure for the prevention of AIDS

Q. Which of the following can be caused by used syringes?

1. AIDS
2. Stroke
3. Heart attack
4. Asthma

Q. AIDS does not spread

1. By sexual intercoure
2. By hand shake
3. Through blood
4. From mother to baby

Q. AIDS related complex (ARC) is a disease, which leads to fever, swollen lymph nodes, night sweats, loss in weight etc., represents

1. Severe form of AIDS
2. None of the above
3. No link with AIDS
4. Initial form of AIDS

Q. AIDS virus has

1. dsDNA
2. ssDNA
3. dsRNA
4. ssRNA

Q. Among these, the statement that is true with respect to HIV/AIDS is

1. The causative HIV retrovirus enters helper T- lymphocytes thus reducing their numbers
2. The HIV can be transmitted by sharing food with an infected person
3. Drug addicts are least susceptible to HIV infection
4. AIDS patients can be fully cured with proper care and nutrition

Q. People at high risk of getting HIV infection are

1. Individuals with multiple sexual partners
2. Drug addicts who take drugs intravenously
3. Individuals who require repeated blood transfusion
4. All the above

Q. Explain how the use of drugs helps in spreading AIDS disease.