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AIDS is caused by the organisms which are

  • A.Bacteria
  • B.Fungi
  • C.Viruses (htlv iii)
  • D.Protozoa

Answer: C

AIDS is caused by a virus - HIV, first called HTLV-III.

It is a retrovirus: it carries RNA and copies it into DNA inside the host cell by reverse transcriptase. It infects and destroys the CD4 helper T cells, so the immune system gradually fails.

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