Celticgirl
07-02-2023, 09:38 AM
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B]Robert Lee Rayford[/B][1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rayford#cite_note-1) (February 3, 1953 – May 15, 1969),[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rayford#cite_note-Gorman-2) sometimes identified as Robert R. due to his age, was an American teenager from Missouri (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri) who has been suggested to represent the earliest confirmed case of HIV/AIDS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS) in North America. This is based on evidence published in 1988 in which the authors claimed that medical evidence indicated that he was "infected with a virus closely related or identical to human immunodeficiency virus type 1."[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rayford#cite_note-garry-3) Rayford died of pneumonia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonia),[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rayford#cite_note-McMichael2007-4) but his other symptoms baffled the doctors who treated him. A study published in 1988 reported the detection of antibodies against HIV.[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rayford#cite_note-5) Results of testing for HIV genetic material were reported once at a scientific conference in Australia in 1999; however, the data has never been published in a peer-reviewed medical or scientific journal.
B]Robert Lee Rayford[/B][1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rayford#cite_note-1) (February 3, 1953 – May 15, 1969),[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rayford#cite_note-Gorman-2) sometimes identified as Robert R. due to his age, was an American teenager from Missouri (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri) who has been suggested to represent the earliest confirmed case of HIV/AIDS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS) in North America. This is based on evidence published in 1988 in which the authors claimed that medical evidence indicated that he was "infected with a virus closely related or identical to human immunodeficiency virus type 1."[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rayford#cite_note-garry-3) Rayford died of pneumonia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonia),[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rayford#cite_note-McMichael2007-4) but his other symptoms baffled the doctors who treated him. A study published in 1988 reported the detection of antibodies against HIV.[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rayford#cite_note-5) Results of testing for HIV genetic material were reported once at a scientific conference in Australia in 1999; however, the data has never been published in a peer-reviewed medical or scientific journal.