The mutation rate of HIV is among the highest known for any

Last updated: 10/23/2023

The mutation rate of HIV is among the highest known for any virus This leads to the evolution of the virus into a quasispecies The following are characteristics of an HIV quasispecies EXCEPT that O a HIV virions gain genes from the host s chromosomes different HIV mutant strains may attack different organs and predominate at different stages of infection b c in a new recipient only a virus type close to the original one that generated the quasispecies will multiply d HIV mutant strains keep a permanent infected state and maintain immunosupression e an infective virion replicates with rapid mutations and trait diversification