Vehicles pass through the tolls at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, February 24, 2014. Tolls may rise by $1 in April and another $1 over the next four years. Motorists heading to S.F. cross the Golden Gate Bridge, whose sign is reflected in a window.
It is hard to believe but HIV is actually a very fragile organism. If HIV is outside the body, its capsid disintegrates very quickly which instantly 'disarms' the virus. That is why infection is virtually impossible without direct blood-to-blood contact or through the mixing of body fluids containing the virus.his DNA then becomes part of the infected cell's genetic material. HIV is a 'slow' type of virus that falls into the category of lentiviruses. Lentiviruses are called slow viruses because they take a long time to cause damage to the body. See image 1.
Answer: a) HIV is a retrovirus overtaking living cells to duplicate itself. Explanation: HIV is a retrovirus, a virus that overtakes the biosynthesis of living cells to duplicate itself. HIV invades a normal cell and uses that cell's biomechanisms to reproduce new HIV cells. The terms HIV and AIDS are not synonymous. HIV is the virus responsible for causing AIDS, but the person who is HIV positive does not automatically have AIDS. HIV is not curable, it is only treatable. The nurse is caring for a client undergoing testing for HIV.