Which of the Following Characteristics Apply to the Agent HIV

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following characteristics apply to the agent HIV?
1) It contains 2 strands of DNA.
2) It tends to mutate frequently to form new strains.
3) The incubation period is extremely short.
4) It is inactivated by heat and many disinfectants.

• A)1,2
• B)1,3
• C)2,4
• D)3,4

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

It quantifies the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean, reflecting how spread out the data points are.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from statistical analysis, that is likely to contain the true parameter value.

Sample

A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation, or questioning to provide data for analysis.

Mean

A mathematical term that represents the sum of values in a dataset divided by the number of values, serving as a measure of central tendency.