Choose the correct option regarding retrovirus

Options

A. An RNA virus that synthesizes DNA during infection
B. A DNA virus that synthesized RNA during infection
C. A ssDNA virus
D. A dsRNA virus

Answer

A

Explanation

A retrovirus is a single stranded positive sense RNA virus with a DNA intermediate and as an obligate parasite targets a host cell. Once inside the host cell cytoplasm the virus uses its own reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome.