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An enveloped virus is dependent on the envelope for its ability to infect a host cell. Which virus most likely uses this mechanism?
HIV
polio
rabies
Ebola

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HIV.

HIV is an enveloped virus that requires its viral envelope glycoproteins (gp120/gp41) to bind CD4/coreceptors and mediate membrane fusion for entry. (Poliovirus is non‑enveloped; rabies and Ebola are also enveloped, but HIV is the classic example tested here.)