Reporting of positive test results is mandatory, and anyone who knowingly transmits the virus may be isolated against his will in a hospital.

The Act clearly does not make it a crime to knowingly transmit funds for illegal gambling.

The law makes it a felony to knowingly transmit indecent or patently offensive sexual material over networks where children may see it.

Some legal experts said that, under some circumstances, knowingly transmitting a contagious disease could be considered a crime under assault and homicide laws.

Should states make it a crime to knowingly transmit the disease with malice aforethought?

The Act creates criminal prohibitions against those who knowingly transmit spam through others' computers without authorization.

But Mr. Gann also said he believed that people who knowingly transmitted the disease should be strongly punished.

Share pornographic materials (it is a federal offense to knowingly transmit child pornography, and many state laws forbid distribution of adult pornography to minors).

The shame is that Congress did similarly educate itself before making it a felony to knowingly transmit indecent material over networks where children may see it.

A sentence of up to eight years can be imposed if a person knowingly transmits the virus to another.