IMMUNOLOGY

OVERVIEW OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

VIROLOGY AND IMMUNITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A DNA virus that can cause cervical cancer and genital warts; transmitted through sexual contact. Vaccine available.
A
HIV
B
HPV
C
Hepatitis B
D
Norovirus
E
Ebola
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -HPV is so common that almost every sexually active person will get HPV at some point if they don’t get vaccinated. Health problems related to HPV include genital warts and cervical cancer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a small, non-enveloped deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) virus that infects skin or mucosal cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -The HPV vaccine targets the HPV types that most commonly cause cervical cancer and can cause some cancers of the vulva, vagina, anus, and oropharynx. It also protects against the HPV types that cause most genital warts.

Detailed explanation-4: -The continued progress and improvements made in therapeutic HPV DNA vaccine development holds great potential for innovative ways to effectively treat HPV infections and HPV-associated diseases.

Detailed explanation-5: -9-valent HPV vaccine (Gardasil-9 [23 pages] ) is a non-infectious recombinant vaccine prepared from the purified virus-like particles (VLPs) of the major capsid (L1) protein of HPV types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52, and 58.

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