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Officials seek porno actors in AIDS case

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LOS ANGELES, April 22 (UPI) -- Los Angeles County health investigators are reported tracking down 53 adult-movie performers known to have had sex with two actors infected with AIDS.

When adult-movie producers learned last week that two actors were infected, most companies in the local industry halted filming for 60 days so performers could be tested again for exposure to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, the New York Times said Thursday.

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The investigators obtained the list in a visit to a clinic in the San Fernando Valley that tests 1,200 adult-film performers a month for sexually transmitted diseases. Sharon Mitchell, the director of the clinic, which is run by the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation, said she had handed over the names only at the insistence of a pair of investigators.

"We're not happy about this," said Mitchell, a former adult-film actress who holds a master's degree in public health and a Ph.D. in human sexuality.

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