Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 38, Problem 6CHI
Summary Introduction
To determine: The reasons that HCV was used as a substitute to detect HIV.
Introduction: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is a positive-strand RNA virus of family Retrovirividae. The symptoms of AIDS include rapid weight loss, pneumonia, prolonged swelling of lymph glands and others.
Summary Introduction
To determine: Whether it was reasonable to use HCV as a substitute to detect HIV.
Introduction: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is a positive-strand RNA virus of family Retrovirividae. The symptoms of AIDS include rapid weight loss, pneumonia, prolonged swelling of lymph glands and others.
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Prescott's Microbiology
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