Which Statement About HIV Is True

question 152

Multiple Choice

Which statement about HIV is true?

• A) HIV in humans forms a clade.
• B) All HIV variants in humans were derived from viruses in chimpanzees.
• C) HIV likely entered the human population from hunters who cut themselves as they were skinning primates.
• D) HIV in humans is monophyletic.
• E) All HIV variants in humans were derived from viruses in sooty mangabeys.

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