Testswith diphenylamine, formaldehyde, and stainingwith acridineorange as well as the curves of thermaldenaturationshowed thatthis strain of virushad a single strandedDNA.
The HIV retrovirus, in particular, is a single-stranded RNA virus that duplicates itself in a host cell by converting its genetic code into double-stranded DNA that is then inserted into the host cell.