KROK 1 2007 – Question 62 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Examination of a young man in the AIDS centre produced a positive result of immune-enzyme assay with HIV antigens. Patient’s complaints about state of his health were absent. What can the positive result of immune-enzyme assay be evidence of?
- A. HIV infection
- B. HBV persistence
- C. Being ill with AIDS
- D. Being infected with HBV
- E. Having had AIDS recently
Hint
A positive screening test for specific antibodies shows contact with the virus, not clinical disease; think about the long symptom-free stage and the later confirmatory test.
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