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