HIV 1

Question 0

What is Adult T-Cell leukemia

Answer 0

An aggressive and fatal leukemia involving proliferation of CD4+ T lymphocytes

Question 1

What implied that AIDS was caused by a blood-borne infectious agent?

Answer 1

Hemophiliacs who received blood transfusions also developed AIDS

Question 2

Recite Koch’s Postulate

Answer 2

HIV is found in persons who have AIDS but not found in persons who are immuno depressed by drugs, x-irradiation, or cancers

HIV is have been collected from persons with AIDS and cultivated in pure cultures

Researchers accidentally inoculated with the pure form of HIV and has developed AIDS.

Identical strands of HIV have been recovered from the researchers

Question 3

What’s the main difference between HIV-1 and HIV-2?

Answer 3

Incubation periods

HIV-1 :5-8 years
HIV-2 :11-19 years

Question 4

What’s the difference between the HIV-1 subtypes?

Answer 4

Their genetic diversity

Question 5

What are the 4 major groups for HIV-1?

Answer 5

M,O,N or P