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Instead of using DNA to infect its' host, it uses RNA.

One example of a class/family of RNA virus are retrovirus.

The RNA is injected into the host cell and the viral RNA undergoes reverse transcription with the help of the enzyme reverse transcriptase. Reverse transciption is the opposite of the transcription process that occurs in protein synthesis. In this process, the RNA is transformed into DNA that enters into the DNA of the host cell. HIV or Human Immunodeficiency Virus is an example of an retrovirus.

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