Select the Statement That Best Explains the Activity of the Retrovirus

question 2

Multiple Choice

Select the statement that best explains the activity of the retrovirus HIV.

• A) The viral DNA creates RNA replicas of itself that eventually leave the lymphocytes after coating themselves with a protein.
• B) HIV reverses the normal host cell process and reproduces by transcribing itself into the DNA of the host cell.
• C) The target cells for HIV are macrophages and helper T cells. After transcription has taken place, the viral DNA gains access to lymphocyte DNA, reproducing along with the cell and its offspring.
• D) All of these are correct