title: Criminalization of HIV transmission or exposure in eight Latin American countries.
abstract: While the prosecution of HIV transmission or exposure has been widely documented in Western Europe and North America, Latin America has not figured in this trend. In this article, based on an oral abstract presentation at AIDS 2010, Tamil Kendall reviews HIV-specific legislation and instances of prosecution in eight countries in the region, and discusses how civil society might respond.
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia-Okanagan. tamilhiv@gmail.com
authors.forename: Tamil
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kendall
mesh_terms: D003416:Criminal Law; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America