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#Question id: 1020

HIV/AIDS can be categorized as a new or emerging infectious disease. By putting it into this category, we are effectively saying that

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  1. this infection hasn't been observed in the human population prior to recent (approximately 50 years or sooner) outbreaks

  2. this disease has been in susceptible populations for centuries, but has only recently achieved infection levels that became detectable.

  3. the infectious agent is still evolving and changing, unlike with older, more established diseases such as plague or polio.

  4. the disease has always been in susceptible populations and causing disease, but we lacked the technology to detect it.

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#Question id: 12490

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Tay-Sachs disease shows autosomal recessive inheritance. Parents of a newly diagnosed affected child are referred for genetic counselling. It would be correct to tell them that:
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#Question id: 12491

#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology

Phenylketonuria shows autosomal recessive inheritance with an incidence of 1 in 10000. Assume that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Which of the following is correct?
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#Question id: 12491

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Phenylketonuria shows autosomal recessive inheritance with an incidence of 1 in 10000. Assume that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Which of the following is correct?
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#Question id: 12492

#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology

A young man with phenylketonuria, who was successfully treated following diagnosis on newborn screening, is planning to start a family with his healthy, unaffected, and unrelated partner, who has no family history of phenylketonuria . Phenylketonuria shows autosomal recessive inheritance with an incidence of 1 in 10 000. Assume that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Which of the following is correct?
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#Question id: 12493

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Cystic fibrosis shows autosomal recessive inheritance with an incidence of 1 in 2500. The unaffected brother of an affected girl is referred for genetic counseling. Assume that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Which of the following is correct?
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#Question id: 12494

#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology

Hunter syndrome is a rare form of mucopolysacchararidosis that differs from all other forms in that it shows X-linked recessive inheritance. A woman with two affected brothers is referred for genetic counselling. Which of the following is correct?