Which of the Following Properties of HIV Makes It Difficult

question 32

Multiple Choice

Which of the following properties of HIV makes it difficult to trace the source of the virus from one person to the next?

• A) The transmission of the virus involves very few (often just one) viral particles.
• B) HIV evolves very slowly within the host.
• C) The host can have a genetically diverse population of viruses.
• D) Molecular phylogenies of viruses cannot be constructed.
• E) None of the above

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Definitions:

Bridged Bicyclic

A compound featuring two ring structures connected by a bridge that includes atoms not part of the rings, leading to a three-dimensional structure.

Newman Projections

A method of visualizing the conformation of a chemical compound through a projection along a carbon-carbon bond axis.

Butane

A gaseous hydrocarbon with the formula C4H10, used as fuel and in organic synthesis.

Difluorocyclohexane Isomers

Different structural forms of cyclohexane where two hydrogen atoms are replaced by fluorine atoms, differing in their spatial arrangement.