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5 Hous. J. Health L. & Pol'y 145 (2004-2005)
The Immigration HIV Exclusion: An Ineffective Means for Promoting Public Health in a Global Age

handle is hein.journals/hhpol5 and id is 157 raw text is: 5 Hous. J. HEALTH L. & POL'Y 145-173 145 Copyright © 2005 April Thompson, Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy ISSN 1534-7907 THE IMMIGRATION HIV EXCLUSION: AN INEFFECTIVE MEANS FOR PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH IN A GLOBAL AGE April Thompson INTRODUCTION In recent years, the popular media have bombarded the Ameri- can public with information about relatively new disease threats. Many of these diseases originated outside the United States. For ex- ample, the West Nile Virus, which scientists believe has been in the United States since at least 1999, is thought to be closely related to strains of a virus found in Africa, West Asia, and the Middle East.' Since the discovery of West Nile virus in New York City in early 2000,2 the virus is now recognized as an established seasonal epi- demic in the United States.3 In early 2003, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which originated in Asia, gained international attention when the illness spread over a few months to more than twenty-four countries, including the United States.4 Of the eight persons known to be infected with SARS in the United States, all had contracted the highly contagious disease while traveling in other parts of the world.5 Later that same year, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that bovine spongi- form encephalopathy (BSE), popularly known as mad cow dis- 'Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Overview of West Nile Virus, at http:// www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/qa/overview.htm (last visited Nov. 13, 2004). 21Id. 3 Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, West Nile Virus: What You Need to Know, at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/wnv-factSheet.htm (last visited Nov. 13, 2004) [hereinafter CDC, West Nile Virus]. 4 Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Fact Sheet: Basic Information About SARS, at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/factsheet.htm (last visited Nov. 15, 2004) [hereinafter CDC, SARS Fact Sheet]. 5 Id.

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