Question

AIDS virus has
a) single strand DNA
b) single strand RNA
c) double strand DNA
d) double strand RNA ​

Answer 1

Answer:

B) single strand RNA

Explanation:

AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is caused by the HIV virus. It breaks down the body immune system, leaving the patient vulnerable to a host of life-threatening opportunistic infections.

HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus)belongs to the special class of viruses called retrovirus.with in this class HIV is placed in a subgroup called lentivirus.

HIV consists of a viral envelope.with in the viral envelope 2 identical copies of single-stranded RNA are a present and reverse transcriptase enzyme.

Hence AIDS virus has single-stranded RNA.

So, the correct answer is 'Single-stranded RNA'.

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