This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Communicable diseases, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
WHO AIDS defining illness are all except - 
Select and explain. 
A. Persistant generalised lymphadenopathy, B. Oropharyngeal candidiasis, C. CMV retinitis, D. P. Carinii pneumonia
C: CMV retinitis
Answer: C: CMV retinitis 
Explanation: Oropharyngeal candidiasis . Generalised lymphadenopathy,CMV retinitis and pneumocystis carinii are AIDS defining illness. Reference:Park&;s textbook of preventive and social medicine,K.Park,23rd edition,page no:348-49. <\p>