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retrovirus

DEFINITIONS OF: retrovirus

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n any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell

Types:
HTLV-1, human T-cell leukemia virus-1
retrovirus causing T-cell leukemia
HIV, human immunodeficiency virus
the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells
Type of:
animal virus
an animal pathogen that is a virus
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