The majority were infected with the virus between 1986 and 1991 due to government policies allowing the use of contaminated needles and "microtransfusions" in which small children were injected with untested blood in the mistaken belief that this would boost their immune systems.
Većina mladeži zaražena je virusom između 1986. i 1991. godine zbog vladine politike koja je omogućavala uporabu zaraženih igala i "mikrotransfuzija" prigodom kojih su maloj djeci davane injekcije s netestiranom krvlju u zabludi kako će to pojačati njihov imunološki sustav.