MCQs of Oral Pathology & Medicine – Viral Infections

The feature that distinguishes herpes zoster from other vesiculo bullous eruption is:

A 3 year old child has a fever of 102 degree F; and following upper respiratory tract infection discrete vesicles and ulcers on the soft plate and pharynx are noted, The most probable diagnosis is:

Intro nuclear inclusions detected during the course of herpes simplex virus infection are called:

Coxsackie virus causes

Koplik spots

Recurrent ulcers occurring on gingiva and palate are most probably:

Which of the following is associated with HIV infection

Primary herpetic lesions involving the gingiva are most likely to occur during ages:

Inflammation of the dorsal root ganglion and vesicular eruption of the skin and mucous membrane in area supplied by a sensory nerve that is affected in characteristic of:

Mumps is caused by:

The reason why most patients suffering from recurrent herpes labialis rarely give a history of having acute form of the herpetic gingivastomatitis is because:

In herpes primary lesion is:

Which of the following medications shortens the recovery period of primary Herpetic gingivostomatitis?

Ramsay Hunt syndrome the cranial nerve involved is:

All about herpangina are false except:

Herpetiformis vesicles, which rupture and leave areas of superficial intraoral ulcers, are caused by:

Prodromal symptoms precede 1 to 2 days before the onset of disease in:

The commonest opportunistic infection in AIDS cases in India:

Which of the following is a difference between herpangina and primary herpetic stomatitis:

Cytological smear showing multinucleated giant cells, synctium and ballooning degeneration of the nucleus is a characteristic of:

Reactivation of varicella virus in a posterior root ganglion results in:

Shingles occurs

Site specificity is seen in:

Steroids are indicated in all of the following conditions except:

Recurrent herpes occurs due to:

Acute herpetic gingivostomatitis

Drug used in case of Herpetic lesions

A 40-year old lady presents with unilateral demotonic distribution of veslcular eruptions. associated with severe pain. The most likely diagnosis is:

Coxsackie virus is implicated in:

Which is best for diagnosis of primary herpes simplex infection?

Herpangina is caused by:

Rubeola refers to:

Which of the following is NOT True about primary HSV infection?

The lesion which is erythematous, recurrent and distributed along with the sensory nerve trunk is:

Herpes simplex is seen in:

The virus which causes Herpes zoster is same as that which causes

Which virus given below is not a teratogenic virus?

The most common reported oral malignancy in HIV infection is:

In HIV, which cells are affected

A 60 year old male presents with a 2 day history of a severe left ear ache with a burning sensation in the ear and loss of taste. There is left sided weakness of both upper and lower facial muscles. Facial sensation is normal. A few vesicles are seen in the pharynx. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Which of the following is not associated with gingival lesions?

Papulovesicular oral lesions are seen in:

Which of the following does not cause oral cancer in children?

Which of the following is false regarding measles?

Which of the following would be seen in late HIV cases?