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		Opportunistic Infection Mar 1, 1999 WHAT IS AN OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION?


		Response from Dr. Currier The term opportunistic infection is used to describe infections that occur in people who have deficiencies in their immune system- it is opportunistic because these infections take advantage of the "defect" in the host. -JC

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