There have been only anecdotal reports of similar cases. A homosexual individual with suicidal thoughts who repeatedly sought sexual partners infected with HIV succeeded in becoming infected
+(3). A 41-year-old woman from France inoculated herself with blood obtained from a friend terminally ill with AIDS, and prophylactic zidovudine failed to prevent infection
+(4). A 27-year-old man, in a suicide attempt, injected himself with blood from an individual infected with HIV and human coronavirus, and seroconversion occurred with both of the viruses
+(5). These cases indicate that some suicidal individuals are at risk for self-infection with HIV. The emotional, physical, and economic burden imposed by HIV and related infections on the depressed individual are enormous. Unless the perception of HIV infection as a fatal disease can change, more cases of suicidal acquisition of HIV are to be expected. Such occurrences are of epidemiological and economic significance and demand further insight into the problem.