Multiple choice

Retrovirus is the RNA virus with lipid envelope that uses reverses transcriptase for producing DNA macromolecules required for their replication. The better popular retroviruses, Rous Sarcoma Virus (RSV) are capable of infecting animals. The most severe human pathogen among retroviruses is the one that is the causative agent of AIDS.

“Virus which actually is the causative agent of AIDS is HIV as recommended by International Committee on Taxonomy of Virus in the year 1986.“ What was the other name used earlier for the same virus?

  1. HIV-1

  2. HIV-2

  3. HTLV-3

  4. HIV-3
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Explanation

The other name used earlier for the same virus was HTLV-3 (Human T-cell Leukemia Virus-3). There are two different strains: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV is characterised with viral Capsid such as “soccer ball” consisting of 12 pentagones and 20 hexagones attached together to form a sphere.

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