Transmission

This HIV Policy Resource Bank category includes materials focused on the basic facts of HIV transmission: how it does and does not occur, and the different transmission risks through various identified routes. However, these materials also focus on disputes or misunderstandings about the routes and relative risks of HIV transmission and how those misunderstadings affect policy and legal decisions.

Highlighted Resources
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Sample Expert Statement on HIV Transmission Risk, Center for HIV Law & Policy (2009)

March 11, 2009
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HIV and Its Transmission, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1999

January 26, 2009
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Call to Action for Racial Justice in HIV Criminal Law Reform, CHLP et al., 2018

June 13, 2025
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Routes, Risks, and Realities of Infectious Disease Transmission, Prevention, & Care: Information & Resources for NYC Prosecutors & Law Enforcement Professionals, CHLP et al. (2022)

October 24, 2022
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HIV transmission networks among transgender women in Los Angeles County, CA, USA: a phylogenetic analysis of surveillance data, Manon Ragonnet-Cronin, et al., The Lancet (2019)

January 10, 2020
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Incarceration history and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Jack Stone et al., Lancet Infect Dis (2018)

August 20, 2019
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HIV Advocates Take President to Task Over “Plan” to End HIV Epidemic in State of the Union Address (2019)

February 6, 2019
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Biometrics and public health surveillance in criminalized and key populations: policy, ethics, and human rights considerations, Matthew M Kavanagh et al., Lancet HIV (2018)

December 11, 2018
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Per-partner condom effectiveness against HIV for men who have sex with men, Wayne D. Johnson, et al., AIDS (2018)

September 26, 2018
Call to Action Website Graphic
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News Release: HIV Criminal Law Reform: A Call to Action (2018)

August 22, 2018
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A systematic review of risk of HIV transmission through biting or spitting: implications for policy, FV Cresswell et al, HIV Medicine (2018)

June 27, 2018
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Prosecution of non-disclosure of HIV status: Potential impact on HIV testing and transmission among HIV-negative men who have sex with men, Maya Kesler et al, PloS One (2018)

April 28, 2018
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Increases in Hepatitis C Virus Infection Related to Injection Drug Use Among Persons Aged <30 Years – Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, 2006-2012, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015)

April 23, 2018
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Global epidemiology of HIV among female sex workers: influence of structural determinants, Kate Shannon et al, Lancet (2014)

March 26, 2018
HIV Criminalization Map of the US
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In the News: Science battles politics in growing state-by-state debate over HIV felony charges (2017)

November 7, 2017
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Teen SENSE Model Policy: Sexual Health Care for Youth in State Custody, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2017)

October 13, 2017
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Rutas, Riesgos y Realidades de la Transmisión y el Tratamiento del VIH: Conocimiento Científico y Tratamiento Medico Corriente, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2017)

August 10, 2017