Finding out that you have HIV might have implications for your sexual partners.

It's important to know that the 'reckless' transmission of HIV is a crime and several people have been sent to prison in the UK after they infected a sexual partner (or partners) with HIV. The cases have involved people who did not tell their partners they were HIV-positive before having unprotected sex. For more information see the section on disclosing your HIV status to sexual partners in the chapter HIV and the law.