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 »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Viral Load Will Be No Defense Against Prosecution for HIV Exposure or Transmission in Norway

A report by a Norwegian Commission on HIV and the Law increased the state's options to prosecute persons who infect or expose others to HIV. The courts in Norway prosecuted individuals under a 1902 law meant to be used against those who negligently... 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 »

Prosecuting HIV: Take the Test and Risk Arrest?

Imagine meeting someone online, havinga nice chat, and then deciding tohook up. You have HIV, but you'readherent to your meds and have hadan undetectable viral load for years. Youand your sexual partner use a condom.Sometime later, the partner... 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 »

Pinky, information regarding case

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Pinky,

I really do think that something should be done about this if he is knowingly having unprotected sex while HIV positive. Not only can you go after him for criminal prosecution, but you can sue him for damages in civil court.

The fact that you... Read more »

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