HIV is a ________ virus?
Correct answer: A. SsRNA
- A. SsRNA
- B. DsRNA
- C. SsDNA
- D. DsDNA
Explanation
HIV is an enveloped single-stranded RNA virus and is a retrovirus because it uses reverse transcriptase to make DNA from its RNA genome. Students may choose ssDNA by focusing on the presence of a DNA stage, but the viral genome entering the host cell is single-stranded RNA.
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