The fungus Pneumocystis carinii is of significance to AIDS patients because:
A. It is transmitted sexually and is the cause of AIDS.
B. It attacks T-cells in the same way as does AIDS and thereby increases the severity of the disease.
C. It attacks the AIDS pathogen and thereby reduces the severity of the disease.
D. It infects individuals whose immune system has been weakened by AIDS and causes pneumonia.
E. none of the other choices provided
D. It infects individuals whose immune system has been weakened by AIDS and causes pneumonia.
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