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How did Ryan White contract HIV?

  • From a contaminated blood transfusion

  • From a needle stick injury

  • From unprotected sex

  • From mother to child transmission

Answer

As a hemophiliac, Ryan White received a contaminated factor VIII blood treatment, which resulted in his HIV infection.
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