Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học 'Respiratory Research cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: " HIV transmission should be decriminalized: HIV prevention programs depend on it. | Retrovirology BioMed Central Open Access HIV transmission should be decriminalized HIV prevention programs depend on it Mark A Wainberg Address McGill University AIDS Centre Jewish General Hospital Montreal Quebec Canada Email Mark A Wainberg - Published I December 2008 Received 10 November 2008 Retrovirology 2008 5 108 doi 1742-4690-5-108 Accepted 1 December 2008 This article is available from http content 5 1 108 2008 Wainberg licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Whenever there is a sensational criminal case involving HIV transmission the media cover it with far more gusto than they usually devote to scientific advances in the field. For example a murder trial is now taking place in Canada involving a man who has been accused of sexually transmitting HIV to 11 different women two of whom have died of their infections. Moreover it is alleged that the accused perpetrator deliberately withheld from these women the fact that he was HIV-positive and that he refused to use a condom during intercourse. Notwithstanding that the suspect is possibly psychopathic and uncaring or possibly of low intelligence and unable to assess the consequence of his actions most people probably hope that he is convicted sentenced and imprisoned for his acts. Furthermore most people probably wish for the criminal justice system to pursue these cases with vigour. In fact however people should understand that such legal action and the willingness of the courts to hear these cases will only weaken the global battle against HIV transmission. Editorial In the 25 years since the discovery of HIV 1 2 there have been a number of such cases. The fact is that they have probably done .
