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What is true about human interferon α:
A. It is used to treat HIV infection
B. It is used to treat Kaposi‘s sarcoma in AIDS
patients
C. It is curative for hepatitis B virus infection
D. It is active orally
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B. It is used to treat Kaposi‘s sarcoma in AIDS
patients
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