AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-1996

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    Which group of following could be called immune disorder?

    A)  SCID and diphtheria

    B)  AIDS and cholera

    C)  SCID and AIDS

    D)  hepatitis and leukemia.

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    : SCID (severe combined immuno deficiency) disease is a X linked recessive disease in which there is severe deficiency of both humoral and cellular immunity. In this condition a person is susceptible to bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections. AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is produced by HIV (human immune deficiency virus). AIDS is characterized by reduction in the number of helper T lymphocytes because of the infection of HIV.


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