What is Resistance?

Mutations & Resistance in HIV

Managing Resistance to HIV Therapy

Resistance Quiz

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HIV has a relatively high rate of mutation, this is because:

A. it is a characteristic of viruses

B. HIV has a high replication rate which increases the chance of mistakes

C. firstly, HIV has a high replication rate, which increases the chance of mutations, and secondly because reverse transcriptase makes mistakes as it copies the virus’ RNA