AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2014

  • question_answer
    HIV, responsible for AIDS in human is a

    A)  ss DNA virus                     

    B)  ds DNA virus

    C)  ss RNA virus     

    D)  ds RNA virus

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                     Genetic information is carried in viruses by either RNA or DNA. the genome of a virus can be either single stranded (ss RNA), double stranded RNA (c/sRNA), single stranded DNA E (ss DNA), double stranded DNA (ds DNA) or a mix of ss DNA and ds DNA. Retro viruses are a group of human viruses that include HIV. They are enclosed in a lipid membrane and their genetic material is the two single stranded RNA. On infection, this RNA is copied to DNA and the DNA is incorporated into the hosts chromosome.


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