1. Diagnostic methods for HIV infection are:
A positive EIA or positive Western-blot
B 2 x positive EIA or positive Western-blot
C 2 x positive EIA and clinical symptoms
D 2 x positive EIA and history of risk behavior
2. To diagnose AIDS in Poland the following are required:
A. AIDS defining condition and CD4 <200 cells/mm3
B. AIDS defining condition and history of risk behavior
C. AIDS defining condition and documented HIV infection
D. any clinical symptoms of immunodeficiency and documented HIV infection
3. Which of the below mentioned opportunistic infections does not define AIDS
A. bronchial candidiasis
B. esophageal candidiasis
C. oral candidiasis
D. central nervous system candidiasis
4. Antiretroviral treatment may result in:
A. eradicating HIV and making the patient non-infectious
B. reducing viral load below the limit of detection and making the patient non- infectious
C. increasing CD4 count and making the patient non-infectious
D. reducing viral load below the limit of detection and increasing CD4 count
5. Basic data to assess the stage of HIV infection are:
A. clinical symptoms and CD4 count
B. clinical symptoms and viral load
C. clinical symptoms and the route of transmission
D. CD4 count and viral load
6. What is the pathogenicity ?
A. disease caused by a pathogen
B. the ability to cause a disease
C. a pathogen power to cause severe disease
D. the ease with which a pathogen can spread in a population
7. Important host factors are:
A. hygiene, previous immunity, nutrition, underlying diseases
B. pathogenicity, infectiousness, virulence
C. temperature, dust, antibiotics, pesticides
D. none
8. Routes of transmission of infection:
A. temapearture,dust,humidity
B. inhalatin,ingestion,inoculatin
C. vectors,direct contact,fomites,inhalatin,ingestion,inoculatin
9. What is the leading cause of illness in travelers:
A. malaria
B. schistosomiasis
C. typhoid fever
D. diarrhea
10. Sleep disorders, mood swings and nightmares are adverse reaction associated with the use of:
A. mefloquine (lariam)
B. malarone
C. doxycyline
D. chloroquine + proguanil
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