Two adult film actors have contracted HIV, with one most likely infecting the other during unprotected sex at a film shoot in Nevada where testing was less stringent than industry standards, officials said. One of the actors had previously tested negative for the virus that causes AIDS before a pair of film shoots, but then began showing symptoms during the second shoot and was later found to be HIV-positive, the California Department of Public Health said Monday in a statement. 'In this case, the actor and production company thought he was HIV-negative during filming,' the statement said. 'Shortly after his negative test, HIV levels in his body rose rapidly to where he could infect other actors through unprotected sex.'
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Two adult film actors have tested positive for HIV, with one most likely infecting the other during unprotected sex at a film shoot in Nevada, California health officials said
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One of the actors had previously tested negative for the virus that causes AIDS before a pair of film shoots, the California Department of Public Health said
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The actor then began showing symptoms during the second shoot and was later found to be HIV-positive
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The other infected actor also participated in the shoots, and health officials said the virus was probably transmitted by the actor who previously tested negative
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