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You are working as a volunteer in an AIDS awareness programme. If a person comes to you and asks the following questions, how will you answer?1. How HIV multiplies in host cell?2. What are the precautions to be taken to prevent AIDS?

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1. HIV, being a retrovirus, enters the macrophages, where the RNA replicates to form viral DNA. It incorporated into the host cell’s DNA and directs infected cells to produce viral particle.

2. Avoid unsafe sex with a stranger.

  • Use of disinfected needles.
  • Avoid sharing of injection needles.
  • Screening of blood before transfusion.


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