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1. Not true about leptospirosis A. Man is dead end host B. C. Lice is a vector It is zoonosis

D. Man is accidental host 2. Not a component of PCR A. DNA template B. Dideoxynucleotide C. Deoxynucleotide D. DNA polymerase A 17 year old female with cystic fibrosis is diagnosed with pneumonia. A sputum sample grew gram negative bacilli with yellow, smooth colonies that have the following biochemical reactions - oxidase: positive, TSI: alk/alk, glucose: oxidized, fluorescence: negative, Lysine decarboxylase positive. The most likely organism is A. Burkholderia cepatia B. C. D. A 70-year-old nursing home patient refused the influenza vaccine and subsequently developed influenza. She died of acute pneumonia 1 week after contracting the "flu." Which of the following is the most common cause of acute post influenza pneumonia? A. Legionella B. Listeria C. Staphylococcus aureus D. Klebsiella A 3.5 year old child has not received primary immunization. Which of the following is the best vaccination advice to such a child? A. B. C. D. 6. BCG, DPT1 and OPV1. DPT2 and OPV2 after 4 weeks BCG, DT1, OPV1, measles, vitamin A BCG, DPT1, OPV1, measles, vitamin A DT1, DT2 and booster after 1 year

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In angular cheilitis, organism that can be cultured from is? A. Candida B. Tubercular bacilli C. D.

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A characteristic infection of Nocardia Asteroides is A. Colonic diarrhoea B. Brain abscess C. Diarrhoea D. Secondary dissemination to liver The capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans in a CSF sample is best seen by A. Gram stain B. India ink preparation C. Giemsa stain D. Methanamine-Silver stain

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9. In an experiment, a scientist injected myeloid stem cells in an abalated animal. At the end of incubation period he found colonies of A. B. C. D. Erythrocytes T lymphocytes Fibroblasts Hematopoetic stem cells

10. True about endemic typhus is A. B. C. D. Man is the only reservoir Flea is the vector Associated with Escher Culture is diagnostic

11. Herpes causing chicken pox is associated with A. Varicella group B. C. D. 12. Which of the following is true regarding plasmid? A. They may confer drug resistance B. C. They may code for capsular synthesis They are extra chromosomal genetic elements

D. All are true