30 Year old male develops severe oral Candida infection not on steroids or antibiotics. He has a hx of severe rectal HPV papillomas, recently developed red raised "lesions" on his skin and GI tract that cultured out HHV8., an has lost his vision due to a common virus CMV. All the following are correct about this process except? A. He has AIDS which is a primary immune deficiency syndrome B. He has a severe deficiency of CD4 T helper lymphocytes C. Reverse transcriptase uses viral RNA genome to make a double-stranded DNA transcript, which inserts itself into the host genome D. The disease is associated with "pseudospecies" which are decoys to the immune system

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30 Year old male develops severe oral Candida infection not on steroids or antibiotics. He has a hx of severe rectal HPV papillomas, recently developed red raised "lesions" on his skin and GI tract that cultured out HHV8., an has lost his vision due to a common virus CMV. All the following are correct about this process except?

A. He has AIDS which is a primary immune deficiency syndrome

B. He has a severe deficiency of CD4 T helper lymphocytes

C. Reverse transcriptase uses viral RNA genome to make a double-stranded DNA transcript, which inserts itself into the host genome

D. The disease is associated with "pseudospecies" which are decoys to the immune system

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