Human Health and Diseases (Class - XII)

Marburg virus or simply Marburg is the common name for the genus of viruses Marburgvirus, which contains one species, Lake Victoria Marburgvirus. The virus causes the disease Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever (MHF), also referred to as Marburg Virus Disease, and previously also known as green monkey disease due to its primate origin.

HER-2/neu activation in breast cancer is based on gene amplification and is an important prognostic indicator.

It causes inflammation of eyes and effects the conjunctiva and cornea.

This includes cancer of bones, cartilages, tendons, adipose and tissues, etc.

HIV enters helper T-cells and replicates inside to produce more virus.

This is the correct option. Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an infectious disease caused by the enterovirus.

Veillonella is anaerobic gram negative cocci.

The microfilarae larva of this helminth causes filaria.

It is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti . It is commonly known as elephantiasis due to swelling of legs, scrotum, etc.

Smallpox is caused by poxvirus, it is a DNA virus.

Kyasanur Forest Disease - It is a haemorrhagic fever caused by flavi virus and transmitted by tick.

Interferon is a cytokine barrier.

It is one of the viruses of a family of double-stranded DNA viruses.

It is a blood sucking parasite.