KROK 1 2016 – Question 54 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Immune-enzyme assay has detected HBs antigen in blood serum. What disease is it characteristic of?
- A. Syphilis
- B. AIDS
- C. Viral hepatitis type B
- D. Tuberculosis
- E. Viral hepatitis type A
Hint
Work out which virus the abbreviated antigen belongs to, then decide which of the listed diseases that virus causes.
The answer, the explanation and a note on every option are available once you log in. The account is free: topic tests, a mock exam, mistake review and statistics.
More questions on Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
- A patient has been hospitalised with provisional diagnosis of virus B hepatitis. Serological reaction based on complementation of antigen with…
- Parents of a 5-year-old child report him to have frequent colds that develop into pneumonias, presence of purulent rashes on the skin. Laboratory…
- Material obtained from a patient contains several types of microorganisms (staphylococci and streptococci) causative of the patient’s disease. Name…
- A laboratory has been investigating virulence of a diphtheria agent. In the process of the experiment the infection was introduced intraperitoneally…
- A patient consulted a dentist about restricted mouth opening (trismus). He has a history of a stab wound of the lower extremity. What infection can…
- Administration of doxycycline hydrochloride has caused an imbalance of the symbiotic intestinal microflora. Specify the kind of imbalance caused by…