Robert Rayford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American teenager who died in 1969, thought to be the first death from AIDS in North America
Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1953
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 15-May-1969
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Robert Rayford
- Robert Rayford (February 3, 1953 – May 15 or 16, 1969), sometimes identified as Robert R.
- due to his age, was a teenager from Missouri who has been suggested to represent the earliest case of HIV/AIDS in North America based on evidence published in 1988 in which the authors claimed indicated he was "infected with a virus closely related or identical to human immunodeficiency virus type 1." Rayford died of pneumonia, but his other symptoms baffled the doctors who treated him.
- A study published in 1988 reported the detection of antibodies against HIV.
- Results of testing for HIV genetic material were reported once at a scientific conference in Australia in 1999; however, the data have never been published in a peer-reviewed medical or scientific journal.
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