Human Health and Diseases Question 99
99. At which stage of HIV infection does one usually show symptoms of AIDS?
[2011]
(a) When the infecting retrovirus enters host cells
(b) When viral DNA is produced by reverse trancriptase
(c) When HIV replicates rapidly in helper T-lymphocytes and damages large number of these
(d) Within 15 day of sexual contact with an infected person.
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Answer : c
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(c) When HIV replicates rapidly in helper T-lymphocytes and damages large number of these cells, at this stage infected persons start showing symptoms of AIDS.
