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The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a living entity because it can

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Excrete in human serum
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Disturb host cell respiration
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Undergo auto-reproduction
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Move from one cell to another
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Solution

The correct option is D Undergo auto-reproduction
HIV is a lentivirus. Viruses cannot grow or reproduce on their own, they need to infect the cells of a living organism in order to replicate (make new copies of themselves). They can grow inside the host, can be transmitted from one host to another and are capable of multiplication within a host. Hence, they are living entity inside a host. But outside the host, viruses are inert.

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