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HIV is an RNA-virus. It does not contain DNA.
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Is herpes a DNA virus or RNA virus?
AIDS is not a virus. However, HIV is a RNA virus.
Is the common cold and HIV from the same virus?
No the cold virus is rhinovirus,where as HIV&AIDS is a retrovirus it reproduces by changing DNA into RNA.
Is shaving blade cause HIV?
Only of there's someone bodily fluid on it containing the HIV virus.
Hiv is a virus affecting RNA or DNA?
HIV affects the DNA of the host cell by incorporating the double stranded DNA synthesized from reverse transcriptase as a provirus into the cell's DNA. These proviral genes are then transcribed into RNA molecules.
What type of pathogen is HIV?
HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, is itself a pathogen.HIV is a virus.HIV itself is a pathogen Human Immunodeficiency virus cause HIV/AIDS disease it belongs to retro virus which has ability to convert mRNA to DNA the reverse transcription and possess reverse transcriptase enzyme
What kind of nucleic acid is Herpes Simplex?
The HIV virus contains two copies of single-stranded RNA.
Which enzyme are retroviruses equiped with that allows them to transcribe DNA from an RNA template?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a retrovirus. A retrovirus is a RNA virus that replicates through a DNA intermediate. HIV synthesises DNA from RNA by the action of reverse transcriptase enzyme.
Does bacteria or virus cause HIV?
HIV is a virus.
Is HIV a virus or bacteria?
HIV is a virus,as its full form is human immuno virus.
What is the difference between having HIV and Aids?
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. Hence, HIV in the virus and AIDS is the disease that results from the virus.
What virus causes AIDS?
The virus that causes AIDS is HIV(Human Immunodeficiency Virus) HIV infects and affects the body's key component of immunity which is the T-cell This HIV enters the host T-cell and replicates its RNA( Ribonucleic acid ) into the body's DNA( Deoxyribonucleic acid) leading to the body to produce more HIV virus cell as the T-cell virus replicates and the HIV virus renders the T-cell useless as they try to fight of diseases or even the common flu HIV progresses to AIDS when the T-cell count in the body drops below 200 or any one of the 26 opportunistic conditions which does not occur in healthy people
What is it called when the integrated DNA does not produce new HIV but remains hidden in the host cell's chromosomes?
Lysogenic cycle. Hidden in the DNA the virus is termed a provirus.
