Question 82 (part 2) · LDEK · Medically compromised patient

Indicate true statements regarding patient’s infected with HCV:

1) genetic material of this virus is single-stranded RNA virus of positive polarity;
2) period of acute hepatitis after virus infection lasts for 6 to 12 months, after which chronic hepatitis develops, in as many as 80% of patients;
3) oral cavity symptoms in HCV carriers include, among many, lichen planus and Delbanco disease.
4) in 3 to 5 % of patients, primary liver cancer develops;
5) in HCV carriers, chronic hepatitis occurs in 80% of cases.
Correct answer is:
  1. A. 1,2,3.
  2. B. 1,3,4,5.
  3. C. 1,2,5.
  4. D. 1,4,5.
  5. E. 3,5.
Hint

Recall the virus family, the 6-month threshold that defines chronic hepatitis C, and its extrahepatic oral manifestations.

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