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Name the type of cells the AIDS virus first enters into after getting inside the human body. Explain the sequence of events that the virus undergoes within these cells to increase their progeny. 
Asked by Topperlearning User | 11 Jun, 2014, 10:52: AM
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HIV inside the human body first attacks Helper T-cells of immune system. RNA and reverse transcriptase enter inside the Helper T-cells. RNA synthesizes the DNA by reverse transcription. DNA copy of HIV binds host cell’s DNA to form prophage and transcribes a large number of RNA molecules, each of which gets surrounded by protein coat to form HIV virus.

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