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Opportunistic diseases are produced by common bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi that surround but do not usually have the opportunity to infect people with healthy immune systems. If a person is infected with HIV and enough of the immune system is destroyed, that person will be more susceptible to unusual infections such as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, an uncommon parasitic lung infection.<\/p>\n

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A disease that attacks a person with a weakened immune system.<\/p>\n

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