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Incubation period of AIDS is generally

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10 - 12 years

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5 - 10 months

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5 - 10 years

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12 - 18 years

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The correct option is C 5 - 10 years
HIV is a retrovirus which contains two single stranded RNAs as its genome and is characterised with very long incubation periods (lentivirus). It can vary from a few months to 5-10 years.

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