BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · প্রশ্ন 140
Which one of the following terms characterises the interaction between the herpes simplex virus and a human?
উত্তর দেখান ও ব্যাখ্যা
উত্তর: (A) Parasitism
ব্যাখ্যা
HSV replicates in human cells and causes disease: a parasitic (+/−) relationship.
- (A) সঠিক
Correct: the virus benefits and the human host is harmed.
- (B) ভুল
Wrong: symbiosis implies mutual benefit.
- (C) ভুল
Wrong: endosymbiosis is mutually beneficial (e.g. mitochondria origin).
- (D) ভুল
Wrong: a subtype; the standard term for this interaction is parasitism.