HIV is classified as a retrovirus because its genetic information is carried in
A
DNA instead of RNA
B
DNA
C
RNA instead of DNA
D
Protein coat
A.
(c) HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a retrovirus. The name retrovirus comes from the fact that it has two single strands of genomic RNA and enzymereverse transcriptase which converts virus RNA into a single strand of DNA.