NEET 2023
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2023
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Human Health and Diseases
NEET 2023 · Zoology · Human Health and Diseases
In which blood corpuscles, the HIV undergoes replication and...
In which blood corpuscles, the HIV undergoes replication and produces progeny viruses?
Options
- AEosinophils
- BTH cells
- CB-lymphocytes
- DBasophils
Correct answer
B. TH cells
Step-by-step solution
AIDS:
- This is a STI caused by the retrovirus, names as HIV.
- After getting into the body of the person, the HIV enters into macrophages where it's RNA genome replicates to form viral DNA with the help of the enzyme reverse transcriptase.
- Simultaneously, HIV enters into helper T-lymphocytes (TH), replicates and produce progeny viruses.
- The progeny viruses released in the blood attack other helper T-lymphocytes.