The Nursing Instructor Is Talking About HIV/AIDS with Their Pre-Nursing

question 19

Multiple Choice

The nursing instructor is talking about HIV/AIDS with their pre-nursing pathophysiology class. The instructor explains to the class that the virus that causes HIV/AIDS is called a retrovirus. What characteristics of this retrovirus would the instructor talk with the class about?

• A) Transmission of the virus
• B) HIV-1 and HIV-2 subtypes
• C) The fact that it is a mutated virus originally thought to be bovine in nature
• D) Cure rate of the virus

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