5.7- HIV Flashcards
1
Q
What does HIV stand for?
A
Human immunodifficiecy virus
2
Q
What type of virus is HIV and why?
A
A retrovirus as HIV contains reverse transcriptase to make DNA from RNA
3
Q
What can HIV develop into?
A
AIDS- Aquired immune deficiency syndrome
4
Q
What does HIV do?
A
Attacks the immune system (Usually B cells) and replicates inside them to create more HIV virus’s, causing the immune system to stop working
