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'A phantasy of infection' is a case study of the role of unconscious phantasy in the experience of illness.
This paper discusses a phantasy that was brought to light during the psychoanalysis of a homosexual man who has been diagnosed as HIV-positive. The paper concentrates on the difference between this patient's conscious knowledge of his infection and an unconscious phantasy which was reawakened and elaborated in this situation. Detailed clinical material