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The aids virus a retrovirus uses what to read RNA and synthesize the corresponding DNA?
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An enzyme called Reverse transcriptase.
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What kind of virus is aids?
Type your answer here... retrovirus
Is toxoplasmosis a protozoa?
No. AIDS is caused by a retrovirus named as HIV (Human Immunodeficiency 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 HIV bacterial?
No HIV is not bacteria or any other organism. HIV is a retrovirus. It infects the T helper cells of human, cause AIDS disease.No, it is a virus.No, it is not a virus.
What is the flow of genetic information used by retroviruses for AIDS?
AIDS virus belongs to retrovirus category. These type of virus has only RNA as genetic material. They depend on host cell's DNA to replicate.
How do you distinguish Aids virus from the Polio virus?
"AIDS virus" is HIV, Human Immunodeficiency virus. It causes AIDS, Auto-immunodeficiency syndrome. HIV is a retrovirus because it uses reverse transcriptase in replication. Polio is a picornavirus. Both have RNA genomes, and positive sense. They are also both icosahedron shaped. HIV is much bigger: 100 diameter, rather than 30 which is polio.
What group of viruses does HIV belong to?
AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is a condition which arises after infection with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). HIV is a lentivirus, part of the retrovirus family. There are two species: HIV-1 and HIV-2. AIDS is not a type of microorganism, but rather, an effect of HIV infection. A person is considered to have AIDS when their CD4+ (a type of white blood cell) count is below 200 per µL of blood.
What virus can be transmitted through sharing syringes to inject intravenous drugs?
Human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, can be transmitted through sharing syringes and the transfer of bodily fluids. HIV is a slow replicating retrovirus that causes AIDS.
How are the aids virus and the smallpox virus different?
The AIDS virus is HIV, a retrovirus. It is part of this family because it requires reverse transcriptase in replication, because it needs to turn its RNA into DNA. It has a diploid genome, and is icosahedron shaped. It is a large virus: 100 diameter. The smallpox virus is a DNA virus, part of the Pox family and Orthopox genus. It is complex shaped and very large: 200. (Other viruses are usually < 100)
Which vital infection best describes HIV?
HIV is a retrovirus that causes AIDS
AIDS is a virus?
AIDS is a syndrome. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
What type of organism is AIDS?
AIDS is a retrovirus. RNA, two reverse transcriptase, a protein capsid, a membrane coat studded with glycoproteins.
