Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)

Published by Benjamin Cummings
ISBN 10: 032191855X
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-855-0

Chapter 18 - AIDS and Other Immune Disorders - Questions For Review - Multiple Choice - Page 554: 14

Answer

D

Work Step by Step

Human immunodeficiency viruses most likely arose from simian immunodeficiency viruses. SIV is a virus that is similar to the HIV virus, which can infect monkeys and apes, resulting in a disease that is similar to AIDS. Just as HIV cannot infect monkeys, SIV cannot infect humans.
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