Regarding HIV which of teh following is nopt true -: (A) It is a DNA retrovirus, (B) Contains Reverse Transcriptase, (C) May infect host CD4 cells other than T lymphocytes, (D) Causes a reduction in host CD4 cells at late stage of disease
Answer is A. HIV genome is diploid composed of 2 identical single stranded positive sense RNA copies.In association with reverse transcriptase enxyme. REF:ANANTHANARAYAN AND PANIKER'S TEXTBOOK OF MICROBIOLOGY 9TH EDITION PAGE NO:571