title: The impact of a state criminal HIV exposure law on residents living with HIV in the U.S.A.
abstract: The United States of America has, by far, the highest number of cases of and convictions for HIV transmission or exposure in the world. Little is known, however, about the impact of this phenomenon on people living with HIV/AIDS (PHAs). In this article, based on an oral abstract presentation at AIDS 2010, Carol Galletly provides information on research into the impact on PHAs of the HIV exposure law of the state of Michigan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA. cgalletl@mcw.edu
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Galletly
mesh_terms: D003416:Criminal Law; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008824:Michigan