Prosecution Of Hiv Transmitter

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can the control positive vial at the HIV ELISA kit transmitt HIV infection if contacted skin

Dear Prof RobertI need your expert opinion about the possibility of HIV transmission by skin or conjunctiva contact with the content of control positive vial at the ELISA kit for HIV testing. they say at the kit information paper that they test the...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Nonexistent risk. You can't get infected from any of the components in an HIV ELISA testing kit. Period.Dr. Bob... Read more »

HIV transmittal

Can you transfer the HIV virus by drooling? Example - one toddler to another toddler?... Read more »

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Confused about carriers and transmitters of the hiv virus.

My partner is Hiv positive, he says that he is a carrier. I have unprotected sex with him but I... Read more »

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U.K. Crown Prosecution Service Issues Guidelines to Clarify Law on Intentional, Reckless Transmission of HIV

The United Kingdom's Crown Prosecution Service on Friday issued guidelines to clarify a law on intentionally or recklessly transmitting HIV, London's Daily Mail reports. According to the guidelines, cases of intentional or reckless HIV... Read more »

Prosecuting HIV: Take the Test -- and Risk Arrest?

Imagine meeting someone online, having a nice chat, and then deciding to hook up. You have HIV, but you're adherent to your meds and have had an undetectable viral load for years. You and your sexual partner use a condom. Sometime later, the partner... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Namibian Government to Prosecute Healers

Namibian officials recently ordered the arrest of all traditional healers who were advising HIV-infected individuals to have sex with minors, mistakenly believing that having sex with a virgin would cure their infection. The January 20th... Read more »

Supreme Court Ruling Cancels Provisions in State Medical Marijuana Laws Protecting Users From Federal Prosecution

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in a 6-3 decision ruled that the federal government's ban on marijuana trumps provisions in state laws allowing patients with chronic illnesses, including HIV/AIDS and cancer, to be exempt from federal prosecution... Read more »

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Criminal transmisson of HIV is prosecutable!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

If you think non disclosure is non prosecutable you have not been reading the news lately, a man recently got 22 years in Washington DC for not disclosing his status, a man on west coast was being tried for life inprisonment for same offenses, in... Read more »

Worried about criminal prosecution PLEASE help

Posted by dmb147, 5 Replies

I just told someone who I had unprotected sex with about 24 hours ago that I am positive and she is freaking out, I am very worried about being prosecuted. Couple things:
I live in NYC
I didn't cum/orgasm
I asked her for a condom and she didn't... Read more »

Can he be prosecuted?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I had a close call two weeks ago, I had oral sex both giving and receiving to a man I later found out was postive. I was just tested and I am negative, but now there is a waiting game for the next three to six months. I am reasonably confident that... Read more »

Hiv test rules may change

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I heard that they may change testing guidlines to only include rare cases of blood transmittions. That hiv rates are very low and that thet tesing company is being sued by several people in a class action suite for false claims.

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