AIDS virus found in India is

HIV-1

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HIV-2

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HIV-3

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The correct option is C HIV-1
'AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is caused by the HIV virus. It breaks down the body immune system, leaving the patient vulnerable to a host of life-threatening opportunistic infections.
The first AIDS cases in the world were reported in the United States in June 1981.
In India, in the year 1986, the first known case of HIV was diagnosed by Dr Suniti Solomon and her student Dr Sellappan Nirmala amongst female sex workers in Chennai, The virus found was HIV-1.
Hence AIDS virus found in India is HIV-1.
So, the correct answer is 'HIV-1'

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