In which blood corpuscles, the HIV undergoes replication and produces progeny viruses?
- Eosinophils
- TH cells
- B-lymphocytes
- Basophils
Solution
AIDS:
- This is a STI caused by the retrovirus, names as HIV.
- After getting into the body of the person, the HIV enters into macrophages where it's RNA genome replicates to form viral DNA with the help of the enzyme reverse transcriptase.
- Simultaneously, HIV enters into helper T-lymphocytes (TH), replicates and produce progeny viruses.
- The progeny viruses released in the blood attack other helper T-lymphocytes.
Asked in: NEET 2023 (All India)
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