Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

HIV is from the family

  1. retriovirus

  2. retrovirus

  3. retravirus

  4. None of these

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B Correct answer
Explanation

HIV belongs to the retrovirus family, characterized by viruses that use reverse transcriptase to convert their RNA into DNA, which then integrates into the host cell's genome. This is a fundamental characteristic of HIV's replication mechanism.