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How does hiv mutate and produce different strains?
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Sloppy replication: The human immunodeficiency virus is one of the fastest evolving entities known. It reproduces sloppily, accumulating lots of mutations when it copies its genetic material. It also reproduces at a lightning-fast rate — a single virus can spawn billions of copies in just one day. Because of the sloppy replication, genetic errors occur giving rise to mutant strains.
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