31. The bill will also make it an offense carrying a penalty of up to life imprisonment knowingly to infect another person with AIDS. 32. The danger stems from the impossibility of detecting AIDS antibodies during the first three weeks after a person is infected. 33. The first time a person is infected, it is called primary infection. 34. The Zambian government has proposed a bill that would make it illegal to knowingly infect another person with the AIDS virus. 35. Whereas anthrax can be treated successfully with antibiotics, smallpox can only be treated for a few days after a person first becomes infected. |