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A member asked:

If hiv does not arise between two healthy men, how did the virus appear among 5 men in america in 1981?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

What's the mystery? I don't understand what you are uncertain about. One or more of them (probably all five) caught it from infected partners, even if they did not admit to a past exposure or were not aware of one.

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Answered 5/1/2022

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