UKMLA PLAB AMC USMLE Prometric MCQ

Correct Answer: E

Explanation:
The symptoms (anorexia, nausea, and brown urine) are typical of hepatitis. The body fights viral infections by CD8+ T cell-mediated lysis of infected cells that present viral antigens on their surface. The viral surface antigen does not directly injure hepatocyte membranes . The role of the host immune response in determining clinical outcome following hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is well recognized. In patients infected with hepatitis B, therapies, diseases, or conditions that impair specific lymphocyte responses lead to a high rate of chronic infection; in addition, the vigor of the host T-cell response to HBV-encoded antigenic peptides appears to correlate directly with the degree of acute hepatocellular injury and inversely with levels of HBV viremia. IgM directed against core antigen does not cause the hepatocytes to lyse