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BHU PMT BHU PMT Solved Paper-2002

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    The painful skin condition, called as shingles, is related with :

    A)  chicken pox                      

    B)  rabies

    C)  polio                                    

    D)  AIDS

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     Chicken pox is a contagious and fomite (personal objects) transmitted viral disease, caused by Varicella zoster, a DNA containing virus. Chickenpox is more common but less severe in children of upto 10 years and severe but rare in adults. After childhood, this virus may remain inactive in a person?s nerve cells. It is reactivated later in life, it causes painful skin condition known as shigles. Polio, rabies and AIDS are caused by RNA containing enterovirus, rabdovirus and retrovirus respectively.


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