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Nature Medicine 13, 890 (2007)
Published online: 31 August 2007 | doi:10.1038/nm0807-890a
Africa's HIV transmission laws based on questionable science
Cassandra Willyard1
- New York
Abstract
Genetic analysis can sometimes prove innocence, but never guilt.
Faced with an AIDS epidemic that kills millions every year, countries in sub-Saharan Africa are contemplating a new prevention strategy: criminal charges.Uganda, touted as the rare success story in the region, is the latest nation to propose a law that would criminalize knowingly transmitting HIV to another person, the country's health minister announced in June.
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