What is the replication process that a retrovirus undergoes after infecting a host cell?

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Published
26 Jul 2019
Last updated
28 May 2026

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Retroviruses first convert their RNA genome into DNA, which then serves as a template to produce new RNA genomes. This sequence follows the path: RNA → DNA → RNA.

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