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AIDS scare shuts down porn studios

Many major pornographic movie producers, including the industry's largest, have agreed to shut down sets for 60 days because two stars tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS.
At least 45 men and women were under voluntary quarantine because they had sex with the HIV-positive performers or their sex partners, said Sharon Mitchell of the nonprofit Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation.
The first performer to test positive was a male, Mitchell said.
She also confirmed that one of about a dozen women the performer had sex with in films also tested HIV-positive.
The Los Angeles Times identified the performers as actor Darren James and actress Lara Roxx.