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Child stuck by needle doesn't have HIV

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 20050503
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PHILADELPHIA -- A child who was pricked with a needle by a classmate and initially tested positive for HIV has now tested negative for the virus that causes AIDS, officials said Monday.

The negative test means that 18 other elementary school children who were also pricked at Bayard Taylor Elementary School no longer need treatment for the disease.

The students were stuck with the needle by an 8-year-old classmate who had brought her mother's diabetes-testing needle to school.

The child who initially tested positive later tested negative using a second, more definitive test, according to a ...

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