Biology
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ISBN: 9781259188138
Author: Peter H Raven, George B Johnson Professor, Kenneth A. Mason Dr. Ph.D., Jonathan Losos Dr., Susan Singer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 27, Problem 3S
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To determine:
The reason that why HIV vaccines are difficult to generate and any other viruses equally resistant to a vaccine and also give the reason that why an individual could make a vaccine against smallpox virus that completely eradicate the virus.
Introduction:
Virus is an infectious small particles that can’t be seen through the naked eyes. The human immunodeficiency virus is an lentivirus which is a causative agent of HIV/AIDS. They are group VI virus that contains single stranded RNA as their genetic material.
The smallpox are group I virus that contains double stranded DNA as their genetic material. HIV virus and smallpox virus both contain an outer envelope, which helps in entry of these viruses.
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