Q.P. CODE: 113010 Reg. No: …
First Year B.Sc Nursing Degree Regular/Supplementary Examinations
(2016 Scheme)
Microbiology
August 2021
Time: 3 Hrs Max. Marks: 75
• Answer all questions to the point neatly and legibly • Do not leave any blank pages between
answers • Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space
• Answer all parts of a single question together • Leave sufficient space between answers
• Draw diagrams wherever necessary
Essay: (12)
1. Describe the modes of transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection.
Describe in detail the laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection. List the opportunistic
infections associated with HIV infection
Short essays: (2x7=14)
2. Laboratory diagnosis of syphilis. Enumerate the clinical stages of syphilis. (5+2)
3. Enumerate the causative agents of enteric fever. Describe the laboratory diagnosis of
enteric fever. (1+6)
Short notes: (5x5=25)
4. Laboratory diagnosis and prevention of tetanus
5. Candida albicans
6. Type IV hypersensitivity reaction
7. Dengue virus infection
8. Microfilaria
Answer briefly: (3x4=12)
9. H1N1 (swine flu) infection
10.Role of nurse in hospital infection control
11.Bacterial spore
Differentiate between: (3x4=12)
12.Exotoxins and endotoxins
13.Live attenuated vaccines and killed vaccines
14.Gram positive and gram negative bacteria
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