92.H1N1 virus is sometimes mentioned in the news with
reference to which one of the following diseases?
- a) AIDS
- b) Bird flu
- c) Dengue
- d) Swine flu
The correct answer is Option 4.
- H1N1:
- The most frequent source of human influenza is the influenza A (H1N1) virus (flu)
- The World Health Organization (WHO) classified the new H1N1 strain of swine-origin to be a pandemic in June 2009.
- The public media frequently refers to this strain as the “swine flu.” Hence, Option 4 is correct.
- RNA viruses with a single strand of DNA and a negative sense are known as influenza A viruses.
- The different subtypes are designated according to a H number (for the kind of hemagglutinin) and a N number (for the type of neuraminidase) (for the type of neuraminidase)
- Additional Points
- AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
- HIV is transmitted through unsafe sexual acts if the other person is also infected with the virus.
- Some of the infectious agents, such as HIV, hepatitis B, and syphilis, can also be passed on from an infected mother to a newborn baby and can also be transmitted via blood transfusions.
- HIV infection may also be transmitted through contaminated blood products, syringes, needles used for injection, etc.
- Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever are all mosquito-borne diseases transmitted to humans by the Aedes aegypti mosquito
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