COURSE CODE 1060133 UG DEGREE EXAMINATION MAR 2013 BSC (MLT/ MLT -L) ADVANCED VIROLOGY AND MYCOLOGY

GY (For Candidate Admitted From Calendar Year 2007 to Calendar Year 2011) Time: 3 hours PART - A Answer All the Questions: Answer should not exceed pages. 1. What is a capsid? 2. Name some single stranded DNA virus? 3. What is a temperate phage? 4. Name the viruses which are transmitted by bite of arthropods 5. Classify Enterovirus 6. Which fungi cause otomycosis? 7. Name the fungi forming Asteroid bodies. 8. Name one antifungal agent 9. Name the spores formed by fungi. 10. Which species of candida is commonly isolated from AIDS patients? PART - B Answer All the Questions: Answer should not exceed 1 page. 11. a. Write in detail about Aspergillosis. (Or) b. Write short notes on Dengue fever 5 X 5 = 25 10 X 2 = 20 Max. Marks: 75

12. a. Write short notes on Opportunistic infections in HIV (Or) b. How will you differentiate candida albicans from other non pathogenic candida species? 13. a. Write short notes on Coxsackie viruses (Or) b. Write in detail about cytokines 14. a. Write the principle & clinical applications Paul bunnell test (Or) b. Describe pathogenesis of Mycetoma. 15. a. Write a short note on Antigenic drift (Or) b. Describe the property of Antifungal drugs. PART - C Answer Any Two Questions: Answer should not exceed 5 pages. 16. Classify fungi based on pathogenesis? Explain in detail about subcutaneous mycosis? 17. Enumerate the fungi causing systemic mycosis. Explain the diseases produced by them? 18. Write in detail about the pathogenesis, clinical features, lab diagnosis of VZV. 19. Explain the various diseases caused by opportunistic fungi. 20. Differentiate trichophyton, Microsporum & Epidermophyton with suitable diagram. 2 X 15 = 30