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- <text id=91TT2881>
- <title>
- Dec. 23, 1991: Died:Kimberly Bergalis
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Dec. 23, 1991 Gorbachev:A Man Without A Country
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- MILESTONES, Page 82
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- <p> DIED. Kimberly Bergalis, 23, the first person known to have
- been infected with AIDS as a result of being treated by a
- health-care worker who had the disease; of AIDS; in Fort Pierce,
- Fla. The Centers for Disease Control determined that Bergalis,
- a postgraduate student, contracted AIDS from David Acer, a
- bisexual dentist who continued to practice for more than two
- years after finding out he was infected. Four other patients
- contracted the virus from Acer, who apparently spread it through
- cuts on his hands by using unsterilized instruments or reusing
- disposable tools.
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- </body>
- </article>
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