A person has been diagnosed to be HIV+ . i. Name the disease and the

1.	A person has been diagnosed to be HIV+ . i. Name the disease and the test which the person has to undergo. ii. Write the full name of the pathogen involved and describe its structure. iii. Which particular cells of this person are likely to get destroyed? OR The immune system of a person is suppressed. In the ELISA test, he was found positive to a pathogen. a. Name the disease the patient is suffering from. b. What is the causative organism ? c. Which cells of the body are affected by the pathogen ?
Answer» i. Name of the disease is AIDS and the test is ELISA — Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay. ii. Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Structure of HIV: a. It has an envelope enclosing the genetic material which is single stranded RNA. b. The envelope has spikes with receptors capable of recognising antigen receptors found on helper T-cells. iii. It affects/destroys helper T-cells.

A person has been diagnosed to be HIV+ . i. Name the disease and the test which the person has to undergo. ii. Write the full name of the pathogen involved and describe its structure. iii. Which particular cells of this person are likely to get destroyed? OR The immune system of a person is suppressed. In the ELISA test, he was found positive to a pathogen. a. Name the disease the patient is suffering from. b. What is the causative organism ? c. Which cells of the body are affected by the pathogen ?

Answer»

i. Name of the disease is AIDS and the test is ELISA — Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay.

ii. Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

Structure of HIV:

a. It has an envelope enclosing the genetic material which is single stranded RNA.

b. The envelope has spikes with receptors capable of recognising antigen receptors found on helper T-cells.

iii. It affects/destroys helper T-cells.