Select the incorrect statements regarding AIDS from the following: I. AIDS is caused by a retrovirus have two molecules of single-stranded RNA as its genome. II. AIDS can be successfully treated using

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Select the incorrect statements regarding AIDS from the following:

I. AIDS is caused by a retrovirus have two molecules of single-stranded RNA as its genome.
II. AIDS can be successfully treated using anti-retroviral drugs
III. Macrophages act as a viral factory as it leads to the continuous production of new viral particles.
IV. In AIDS, a decrease in B-lymphocyte count is seen.

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AIDS is caused by Human Immunodeficiency virus which has a protein capsule enclosing two molecules of single stranded RNA. HIV enters the human body and replicates within the macrophages. It causes decrease in T lymphocyte count. Anti-retroviral drugs are only partially effective in the disease and cannot cure it.

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