Select the true statement aobut HIV and the immune process.
A. Patients become susceptible to multiple infections such as candidiasis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and toxoplasmosis.
B. HIV attacks lymphocytes so that the human host is progressively immunosuppressed and cannot fight disease.
C. A deterioration of cell-mediated immunity permits patients to develop secondary cancers.
D. All of these are correct.
Answer: D
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