Which is NOT true about AIDS?

A. It is caused by a retrovirus.
B. It is caused by a virus that contains RNA.
C. It is transmitted by intimate contact with infected blood, sexual intercourse with an infected partner, or by an infected mother to her fetus or breast-fed infant.
D. Certain unusual cancers such as Kaposi's sarcoma co-occur with relatively high frequency.
E. The HIV virus preferentially enters and disables B cells.


E

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