BIO307: Microbiology

8.8: DNA and RNA Retroviruses

• 8.8.1: Hepadnaviruses

  • University of South Carolina School of Medicine: Richard Hunt's "Hepatitis Viruses"

    Read this chapter to learn about hepatitis. Retroviruses use intermediates to make copies of themselves. DNA retroviruses use RNA intermediates, while RNA viruses use DNA intermediates.
    

• 8.8.2: Lentiviruses

  • University of South Carolina School of Medicine: Richard Hunt's "Human Immunodeficiency Virus and AIDS"

    Read this article to learn about the HIV virus and AIDS. The most famous lentivirus is the human immunodeficiency virus, also known as HIV.
    

  • The University of Arizona Biology Project: "Viruses Tutorial"

    Read this page, and then click on the "Next" button on the bottom of the page. On the next page choose "What is alive?" This is a multiple-choice assessment. Choosing an option will bring you to a page that indicates whether you answered correctly or incorrectly and provides a short explanation. If you answer incorrectly, click on "try again" to repeat the question. If you answer correctly, click on the link to the next problem.