>56,000 infected in the US in 2007 >37,000 diagnosed Social stigma attached to HIV/AIDS Transmitted through bodily fluids National Institutes of Health, 2008
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Viral Transmission - Casual v. Intentional Scientific Evidence Previous Cases Florida Dental Case (Ho et al., 1995) State of Louisiana vs. Richard J. Schmidt (Metzker et al., 2002) State of Washington vs. Anthony E. Whitfield (Scaduto et al., pending submission)
No Precedent in the state of Texas
Approved Protocol Blinded study Samples separated spatial and temporally Phylogenetic Analysis DNA sequence analysis of 2 gene regions ▪ Reverse Transcriptase = “RT” ▪ GP120 = “ENV” Case samples compared to controls
HIV-1 DNA sequences obtained from Phillippe Padieu and the women identified through the course of the investigation are more closely related to each other than to unrelated HIV-1 DNA sequences
Plasma WBCs RBCs lysePCR RT ENV Clone Anonymous Whole Blood gDNA Sequence by Sanger
RT Evolutionary TreeENV Evolutionary Tree
RT Evolutionary Tree
ENV Evolutionary Tree
CC01: Philippe Padieu CC02:Female partner CC03:Female partner CC04: Female partner CC05:Female partner CC06:Female partner
Guilty on ALL Six Counts!
Scaduto et al., PNAS , (December 14, 2010).
Michael Metzker, Ph.D. David Hillis, Ph.D. Jeremy M. Brown, Ph.D. Collins County District Attorney’s Office Asst. District Attorney Lisa Milasky King Collins County Police Department Criminal Investigator Samme Glasby Lourdes Fernandez 3R21HG S1/-02S2