Which of the following classes of medications addresses this component of the HIV replication cycle?

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A 37-year-old male with HIV who has recently become symptomatic has begun highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Among the numerous medications that the man now regularly takes are several that inhibit the change of HIV RNA to DNA in a CD4+ cell. Which of the following classes of medications addresses this component of the HIV replication cycle?
Answers:
A. Protease inhibitors
B. Entry inhibitors
C. Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
D. Integrase inhibitors

During this period of no outward symptoms, the man would be classified as being in?

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A male international business traveler has returned from a trip to Indonesia. While there, he hired a prostitute for companionship and engaged in unprotected sex on more than one occasion. Unbeknownst to him, this prostitute harbored the hepatitis C virus. Upon return to the United States, he exhibited no symptoms and returned to his usual activities. During this period of no outward symptoms, the man would be classified as being in
Answers:
A. the clinical disease stage of hepatitis C.
B. the preclinical stage of disease.
C. the chronic phase of hepatitis C.
D. remission and unlikely to develop hepatitis C.

When asked what the first chromosomal abnormality that identified cancer was, one student correctly answered ?

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A group of nursing students were studying for their pathophysiology exam by quizzing each other about disorders of WBCs and lymphoid tissue. When asked what the first chromosomal abnormality that identified cancer was, one student correctly answered
Answers:
A. Philadelphia.
B. interleukin cells.
C. BRCA-1.
D. PSA.

Which of the students' following statements would the nurse most likely want to correct or clarify?

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A school nurse is teaching high school students about HIV and AIDS in the context of the school’s sexual health curriculum. Which of the students’ following statements would the nurse most likely want to correct or clarify?
Answers:
A. “Lots more heterosexual people get HIV these days than they used to.”
B. “Drugs for AIDS reduce the virus in your body, but they don’t get rid of it.”
C. “They have to take a blood sample from you in order to test you for AIDS.”
D. “Condoms provide really good protection from AIDS.”