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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has a protein coat and a genetic genrtic material which is

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A.single stranded DNA
B.single stranded RNA
C.double stranded RNA
D.double stranded DNA

Solution

AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) was first reported in USA in 1981. It is caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). HIV is the member or retroviruses. Later are so named because they contain an enzyme reverse transcriptase, which mediates the formation of DNA from RNA. The genetic material of HIV is single stranded RNA.

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