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#virus #HIV #AIDS Third video in the series on viruses (here is the playlist with the first two • virus ) What is HIV? HIV is the infectious agent of AIDS. What is the HIV virus made of? It was about time we talked about HIV, a virus that is part of a rather particular category: retroviruses. These particular viruses have an RNA genome but they reverse transcribe it into DNA because their goal is to insert it into our genome (which is DNA, you can't insert RNA into DNA!). HIV, in addition to having this evil plan to insert its genome into ours, infects the same cells that are supposed to fight it. In addition to being a retrovirus, HIV is also a lentivirus, this category of viruses is called this way because the disease (AIDS) is "slow" to manifest itself. The real disease, AIDS, is not due to the virus, but to the compromise of the immune system (precisely called acquired immunodeficiency), brought about by the infection of the HIV virus. The WHO objectives for 2030 are very ambitious and to achieve them, a lot of prevention is needed, diagnosing as many people as possible and treating them. 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 ????INSTAGRAM: / dna_a_colazione ☕ If you like my work and want to support me, you can buy me a coffee ☕ →♥ https://ko-fi.com/dna_a_colazione