NEET Biology question

Choose the wrong statement regarding AIDS.

(A)AIDS is an immunodeficiency disease
(B)It is caused by the retrovirus HIV
(C)HIV selectively infects and kills B-lymphocytesCorrect
(D)Retroviruses have RNA genomes that replicate via a DNA intermediate

Answer: (C)

Solution

HIV selectively infects and kills helper T-lymphocytes (not B-lymphocytes), making statement (c) factually incorrect, whereas AIDS genuinely is an immunodeficiency

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