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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_RayfordRobert Rayford - Wikipedia

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   Robert Lee Rayford (February 3, 1953 – May 15, 1969), sometimes identified as Robert R. due to his age, was an American teenager from Missouri who has been suggested to represent the earliest confirmed case of HIV/AIDS in North America. This is based on evidence published in 1988 in which the authors claimed that medical evidence indicated ...

   • Died: May 15, 1969 (aged 16), St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
   • Cause of death: AIDS-related complications

   • Born: February 3, 1953, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
   • Known for: Alleged first known AIDS death in the United States

3. www.washingtonpost.com › history › 2019/05/15First U.S. AIDS death: Robert Rayford, 16, died in 1969 long ...

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   May 15, 2019 · Advertisement. This article was published more than 5 years ago. Retropolis. A mystery illness killed a boy in 1969. Years later, doctors believed they’d learned what it was: AIDS. Robert...

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   Did Rayford detect HIV?

   • The abstract reports the detection of HIV genes in Rayford's samples which were very similar to the HIV IIIB isolate which was discovered in France in the 1980s, and became widely used as a laboratory reference isolate (this study has never been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal).

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   Was Rayford infected with HIV if he did not get a blood transfusion?

   • Rayford never traveled outside the Midwestern United States and told doctors that he had never received a blood transfusion. If Rayford was indeed infected with HIV, as one group of researchers claims, the mode of acquisition is assumed to have been through sexual contact.

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   Did abuse run rampant in the Rayford family?

   • No one knows for sure, but there is ample anecdotal evidence that abuse ran rampant in the Rayford family. Robert mentioned to his doctors at one point, that his grandfather had shown similar symptoms as his, and died a few years earlier. His grandmother soon followed. Both were only in their 50s.

   Forgotten History: The Sad and Mysterious Tale of America’s First AIDS

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   Why did Rayford have Kaposi's sarcoma?

   • These patients, like Rayford, demonstrated low immune systems. These lesions, called Kaposi’s sarcoma, were unusual in young people. During the AIDS epidemic, doctors recognized that young HIV patients were at a greater risk of suffering from these tumors. Connecting the dots, doctors investigated Rayford’s medical records and blood samples.

   Robert Rayford - U.S. National Park Service

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5. www.thebody.com › article › embracing-what-we-knowEmbracing What We Know and Don’t Know About Robert Rayford

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   Sep 27, 2021 · Sep 27, 2021. By. Theodore Kerr. suravikin via iStock. Earlier this year, the American Journal of Public Health published an editorial that includes Robert Rayford, who died with HIV in...

6. www.historyhit.com › first-us-aids-death-who-wasFirst US AIDS Death: Who Was Robert Rayford? | History Hit

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   Sep 1, 2022 · In late 1968, Rayford’s condition appeared to improve, but by early 1969 his symptoms had worsened; he had severe difficulty breathing and his white cell count was dangerously low. Doctors realised that his immune system was dysfunctional, and he died of pneumonia on 15 May 1969.

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   Apr 8, 2019 · Two decades later, as the AIDS epidemic was reeking havoc the world over, someone thought to take tissue samples saved from Rayford’s body. They were shocked to find the cells tested positive ...

9. www.newsweek.com › robert-rayford-first-hiv-deathRobert Rayford Died of HIV 50 Years Ago: We're Still Failing ...

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   May 13, 2019 · Robert Rayford died on May 15, 1969, of a mysterious illness later identified as HIV, 13 years before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first reported on the disease in...

10. www.nps.gov › people › robert-rayfordRobert Rayford - U.S. National Park Service

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    St. Louis, Missouri. Date of Birth: February 3, 1953. Place of Death: St. Louis, Missouri. Date of Death: May 15, 1969. Place of Burial: St. Louis, Missouri. Content warning: this page contains medical descriptions of HIV/AIDS symptoms that could be disturbing to some readers.