Download DNB 2016 Dec MICROBIOLOGY PAPER 3 Question Paper

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FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2016
POSSESSION / USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
MICROBIOLOGY

PAPER ? III
MICRO/D/16/18/III
Time : 3 hours
Max. Marks : 100

Important instructions:

? Attempt all questions in order.
? Each question carries 10 marks.
? Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
? Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
? Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
? Answer all the parts of a single question together.
? Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
? Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.

Write short notes on:

1. a) Enumerate viral infections transmitted by mosquitoes.
b) Pathogenesis and laboratory diagnosis of Zika virus infection.

2+(4+4)
2. Significance of viral load in diagnostic microbiology.

10
3. a) Classify oncogenic viruses.
b) Mechanism of viral oncogenesis.

3+7
4. a) Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
b) NIPAH virus

5+5
5. a) Enumerate viral infections which can spread through needle
prick injury.
b) Write the post exposure prophylaxis for any two of them.

3+7
6. Enumerate agents of opportunistic intestinal infections and
approach to their laboratory diagnosis.

4+6
7. a) Lymphatic filariasis in India.
b) Drug resistance in malaria

5+5
8. a) Ocular parasitic diseases
b) Post-Kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL): Epidemiology and
immunological perspective

5+5
9. What are prions? Enumerate the diseases caused by prions and
their pathogenesis.

2+(4+4)
10. Aetiopathogenesis and laboratory diagnosis of primary amoebic
meningoencephalitis.

5+5
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