Name: Michelle Speakman

Theme: Retroviral Infections

 

OPTION LIST

 

A

Herpes zoster virus

I

Epstein-Barr virus

B

Cytomegalovirus

J

 

C

Herpes simplex virus type 1

K

 

D

Herpes simplex virus type 2

L

 

E

Varicella zoster virus

M

 

F

Human herpes virus 6

N

 

G

Human herpes virus 7

O

 

H

Human herpes virus 8

P

 

 

 

For each of the following conditions, choose the most appropriate causative retrovirus from the list above. Each option may be used once or not at all.

 

1. Pneumonitis after a bone marrow transplant                            

 

 

2. Endemic Burkitt’s lymphoma      

 

 

3. Roseola infantum

 

 

4. Acute retinal necrosis in the immunocompetent

 

 

5. Acute necrotising encephalitis

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. B

2. I

3. F

4. A

5. C