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