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A 24-year-old man presents to an outpatient clinic with fatigue and malaise. He reports he has been experiencing symptoms for over the past six months and wants to make sure he “hasn’t contracted a sexually transmitted infection.” He currently uses intravenous drugs and has had multiple sexual partners over the past year. He has no other significant past medical history. A screening HIV test is negative, and the remainder of the laboratory results are detailed below:

Which of the following best describes the replicative mechanism of the pathogen with which this patient is infected?

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Use of a DNA dependent DNA polymerase to synthesize double-stranded DNA progeny

Use of an RNA dependent RNA polymerase to synthesize single-stranded RNA progeny

Reverse transcription of an RNA template into partially double-stranded DNA progeny

Reverse transcription of an RNA template into double-stranded DNA progeny

Use of a DNA dependent DNA polymerase to synthesize single-stranded DNA progeny.