Specific gene targets

Question 1

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer 1

16s rRNA
18s rDNA
Species specific protein gene
P1 adhesion gene

Question 2

Chlamydophila pneumoniae

Answer 2

cloned Pst I fragment
16s rRNA
MOMP

Question 3

Legionella

Answer 3

5s rRNA mlp gene
16s rRNA

Question 4

Bordatella pertussis

Answer 4

IS 481
adenylate cyclase gene
porin gene
pertussis toxin promoter region

Question 5

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Answer 5

DNA polymerase gene
plyA (pneumolysin)
lytA (autolysin)
pbp2a (penicillin binding protein)
pbp2b
pspA (pneumococcal surface protein)

Question 6

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Answer 6

16s rRNA

Question 7

Treponema pallidum

Answer 7

TpN44 5a
TpN19
TpN39
p01A
TpN47
16s rRNA
polA

Question 8

Haemophilus ducreyi

Answer 8

1.1 kb target
groEL gene
Intergenic spacer between 16s and 23s rDNA
p27
16s rDNA

Question 9

Neisseria gonorrhoea

Answer 9

omp III gene
opa gene
cytosine DNA methylatransferase gene
cPPB gene
site specific recombinase gene

Question 10

Chlamydia trachomatis

Answer 10

MOMP
16s rRNA

Question 11

HIV

Question 12

CMV

Question 13

HSV

Question 14

EBV

Question 15

HPV

Question 16

EBV

Question 17

HPV

Question 18

Parvovirus B19

Answer 18

none

Question 19

RSV

Answer 19

fusion glycoprotein gene (F)
nucleoprotein (N) gene

Question 20

Parainfluenza

Answer 20

hemagglutinin- neuraminidase conserved region
5’ non coding gene of F gene

Question 21

Influenza

Answer 21

conserved matrix (M) gene (A and B)
Nucleocapsid protein (A)
NS1 gene (B)

Question 22

Rota virus

Answer 22

VP7 gene
VP4 gene

Question 23

Hepatitis C

Answer 23

5’ untranslated region (UTR)
core protein gene

Question 24

Rubella

Answer 24

surface glycoprotein
E1 gene

Question 25

Mumps

Answer 25

hemagglutinin
neuraminidase
P, SH, F genes

Question 26

Measles

Answer 26

M, H, F, N