What is the most successful treatment during pregnancy to reduce transmission of HIV from mother to fetus?   A) Pre-exposure prophylaxis B) Protease inhibitors C) Reverse transcriptase inhibitors D) Fusion inhibitors

Q: What is HIV-protease ?

A: HIV-1 protease (PR) is a retroviral aspartyl protease , an enzyme involved with peptide bond…

Q: What are retroviruses?

A: Viruses are simpler in structure and composition. They are made up of nucleic acids and proteins.…

Q: Why is HIV called a retrovirus?

A: HIV (Human ImmunoDeficiency Virus) causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) in humans. It is…

Q: What does the direct transmission method provides?

A: In direct transmission method, infectious pathogen is get transferred to the host directly fro the…

Q: What are vector borne diseases?

A: A disease is a sickness or illness characterized by specific symptoms and signs. A disease that…

Q: How are vaccines made? Why do they take so long to make?

A: Vaccination is administration of a vaccine to boost our immunity by developing antibodies against…

Q: What is a virulent virus?

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Q: What is the function of a virion?

A: A virion is a full virus particle.

Q: What is the action mechanism of the antiretroviral drugs called protease inhibitors which are used…

A: A number of antiretroviral agents are used to treat HIV, although no complete cure for the disease…

Q: What is a norovirus?

A: Norairal mediated endocytosis is the molecular mechanism followed by integration of viral genome RNA…

Q: 41. How will a new vaccine be considered as effective to fight future pathogen invasion? Group of…

A: The vaccine is a mixture of antigens to induce artificial active immunity. Vaccinations are…

Q: What are the evolutionary origins of HIV-1 and HIV-2?

A: HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) belongs to a family of retroviruses, all of which have RNA as…

Q: What is germ-line knockout?

A: Germline knockout genetic techniques in which one of an organism's genes is made Inoperative ,…

Q: How do you kill a virus artificially?

A: Virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that needs a living host for their replication. It causes…

Q: Explain how each covid vaccine works and how health officials believe they will aid in the pandemic?…

A: Please Note:Hi! Thanks for your question. As you have posted multiple questions and have not…

Q: What are the components of the yearly influenza vaccine?

A: Influenza vaccines are the vaccines that are produced to provide immunity against infections caused…

Q: The passage of pathogen from mother to fetus during pregnancy is an example of Transplacental portal…

A: Infectious diseases are illnesses caused by pathogenic harmful microorganisms, such as bacteria,…

Q: What are the various routes by which transmission of human immunodeficiency virus takes place?

A: AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) is caused by the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It…

Q: What are adenovirus vectors in gene therapy ?

A: Gene is a particular segment of deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) that is responsible for the…

Q: What is commonly used as a vector for introducing a DNA fragment in human lymphocytes?

A: Gene therapy is a method that allows the correction of the defective gene. In gene therapy, it is…

Q: What is an antibiogram?

A: The infection caused by the proliferation of harmful viruses is called a viral infection. The…

Q: Is covid-19 Vaccination unproven and vaccination is being done in panic ?

A: Covid 19 : It is a disease which is caused by coronavirus. People shows different symptoms because…

Q: Which viruses are retroviruses?

A: Viruses are infectious biological agents that are alive only when they are present inside the cell…

Q: What is resistant to viral infection?

A: Introduction : IFNs are a type of released protein that has antiviral, antiproliferative, and…

Q: impacts might mutations have on the transmission of the virus?

A: A mutation is a change  that occurs in our DNA sequence, either due to mistakes when the DNA is…

Q: What enzyme is used by a retrovirus to make a DNA copy of its genome?

A: Viral genomes are very diverse, since they can be DNA or RNA, double- or single-stranded, circular…

Q: What is Vherv?

A: DNA is the genetic material in most living organisms. It is the information hub of the cell that…

Q: What is gamma phage?

A: Bacteriophages are the obligate intracellular parasites that can proliferate inside the bacterial…

Q: What was the Germ Theory of Disease?

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Q: Why should we make vaccines mandatory?

A: Vaccination is the process of introducing a antigenic substance inside our body to boost the…

Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages of COVID19 vaccination?

A: COVID-19 is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory…

Q: What kind of virus is T4?

A: T4 viruses are the bacteriophages that infects E.coli bacteria. The T4 phage initiates infection…

Q: Explain the Structure of the AIDS virus?

A: AIDS is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

Q: What enzyme is responsible for the production of viral DNA from a retrovirus?

A: REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE are the main enzymes which is responsible for the production of Viral DNA from…

Q: Why are antibiotics ineffective against viral infections?

A: Antibiotics are chemical compounds that are either bacteriostatic or bactericidal, i.e. either they…

Q: How might an understanding of the method by which gonorrhea is evolving resistance to certain…

A: Neisseria gonorrhoeae has developed resistance to a number of drugs already. They are penicillin,…

Q: According to the article which was written before the COVID-19 vaccine was created, when do people…

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Q: How is a vaccine created

A: Vaccines contain microscopic pieces of the disease-causing microorganism, as well as the blueprints…

Q: Name the disease that viroids can cause.

A: Viroids are the smallest infectious pathogens . They are composed mainly of a short strand of…

Q: Why is HIV protease a good target for anti-HIV therapy and drug discovery?

A: HIV protease is a retroviral aspartyl protease which is an enzyme that is involved with peptide bond…

Q: How do interleukins exert its therapeutic benefits inside the body By inhibiting tumor growth and…

A: Correct answer is B  Because interleukin stimulation the immune response and increase the number of…

Q: How long does a virus infection last without antibiotics?

A: A drug that acts on bacteria is called antibiotics. They come from natural sources, semi-synthetic…

Q: How is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) resistant to disinfectants and antiseptics?

A: Antimicrobial agents that are used to destroy or kill the pathogenic microorganism on the surface of…

Q: How do retroviruses use the enzyme reverse transcriptase?

A: Retroviruses are the virus that contain RNA as its genetic material. Examples are HIV, HTV, Murine…

Q: Who discovered retrovirus?

A: Introduction Retroviruses are the group of viruses which have RNA based genome and have a crucial…

Q: what is the virus transmission, the morphology and the family name of the virus that causes HIV?

A: HIV, that stands for human immunodeficiency virus is the agent that causes AIDS (Acquired…