Questions

Stoichiometry is a branch of chemistry deals with the calculations on reactants and products. It is based on the Law of conservation of mass where total mass of reactants is equal to total mass of products.

Parvovirus B19 causes severe anemia because it preferentially infects erythrocyte precursors.

a. Parvovirus B19 binds preferentially to the erythrocyte blood group P antigen on erythroid precursor cells.

Answers B, C, D are incorrect:

b. after entry the single-stranded viral DNA genome is transported to the cell nucleus where the host DNA polymerase synthesizes the complimentary DNA strand.

c. Parvovirus B19 infection can be diagnosed by direct detection of viral DNA not RNA.

d. the fetus of a seropositive mother is protected from infection by maternal circulating antibodies.

Thyroxin or Thyroxine is the thyroid hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism in the human body.

Sunil Arora, appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India.

Jay Cooke & Company, a major component of the United States banking establishment, found itself unable to market several million dollars in Northern Pacific Railway bonds in september 1873. Cooke's firm, like many others, had invested heavily in the railroads.

Hence, the bankruptcy of Jay Cooke & company initiated the Panic of 1873.