54. Which of the following statements about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is FALSE?
(A) HIV is double –stranded RNA virus.
(B) HIV is equipped with reverse transcriptase.
(C) It can infect T lymphocytes and cause AIDS.
(D) Its genome serves as template for DNA synthesis and the newly made viral DNA can integrate into the host’s
chromosome as provirus.
(E) The host’s RNA polymerase transcribes the provial DNA into mRNAs and viral genomes.