Disclosure of AIDS in Celebrities

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Abstract
Much has been made of disclosures in the media that celebrities have the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Although there can be no question that unauthorized disclosure of HIV infection or the onset of AIDS in well-known figures is an invasion of personal privacy, such disclosures have an impressive effect on the public health. In Orange County, California, such disclosures have been followed by sustained increases in the use of anonymous ("alternative test site") HIV-antibody testing (Fig. 1).

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