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  1. Which family of viruses has single stranded DNA? ​
    1. Herpesviridae ​
    2. Poxviridae
    3. Retroviridae ​
    4. Parvoviridae
Correct Option: D

The virus family Parvoviridae contains 3 genera : the parvoviruses , the dependoviruses, and the densoviruses (which only infect insects). Parvoviridae is the only family of DNA viruses that infect humans that is single stranded. The DNA strand packaged in the virion can be either negative or positive sense, though in case of some strains, it is always negative.



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