The most mutable virus is...

The most mutable virus is

HIV

Chicken Pox virus

Influenza virus

Dengue virus

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No vaccine could be developed against HIV because it has high mutagenic rate arose during reverse transcription. It has no polymerase for the repairing of its mutated DNA.

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