Question

A ____ virus mutates with every infection, thus making them difficult to locate

Answer 1

Polymorphic. Polymorphisms refer to spasmodic genetic variation within the same species of an organism resulting in varying forms of the species. Polymorphic viruses, mutate at faster rates hence the virus population is subject to high rates of turnovers. The high divergence of various species, such as influenza, is as a result of 0.01 mutations per nucleotide site per year.