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examining hospital records found that
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from the virus itself from the patient to the victim, a process known as strain analysis that had never been attempted before. HIV RNA was collected from the victim, from the putative patient source, and from thirty-two other unrelated, HIV-positive individuals living in the same metropolitan area.
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into his lover and former colleague, Janice Trahan, infecting her with HIV. Six months later, Trahan, a nurse, was diagnosed with HIV. Convinced that
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had been called in for a blood test by
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