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A.E.K, a 13-year-old who was hospitalized in İzmir on suspicion of osteoporosis, was found to be HIV positive (AIDS). The death of the 8th-grade student, who passed away at Ege University Medical Faculty Hospital where he was receiving treatment, has plunged the entire country into mourning.
MOTHER AND SIBLING NEGATIVE, FATHER POSITIVE
It was learned that A.E.K's younger sibling and mother are HIV negative, while his father is HIV positive, residing in Milas district of Muğla. The father, who is at the center of the abuse allegations, spoke for the first time.
'WE TOOK ALL PRECAUTIONS'
According to a report by Sabah; the father, who learned he was HIV positive while donating blood in February, stated in his testimony, "We took all precautions at home. I don't know how it was transmitted."
An autopsy was performed on A.E.K. on November 11 due to the investigation initiated regarding the incident.
NO SIGNS OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION
In the investigation initiated following the suspicion of sexual abuse, a forensic social pediatrician and a child psychiatrist interviewed the father and son. The psychiatrist's evaluation included the statement, "In the interviews conducted with the father and child, the details of the abuse were questioned in detail but could not be described."
NO SIGNS OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN FORENSIC MEDICINE REPORT
Izmir Forensic Medicine Institution conducted an examination of A.E.K. while he was alive as a routine procedure after the diagnosis of HIV positive was made. The report prepared by the forensic medicine officials indicated that no signs of sexual abuse were found during the examination and was included in the investigation file.
THE VIRUS CAN BE TRANSMITTED IN 3 WAYS
Prof. Mehmet Ceyhan, the President of the Infectious Diseases Association, explained that the HIV virus can be transmitted in three ways. Ceyhan stated that the virus can be transmitted directly from mother to baby during pregnancy, saying, "The second way we see transmission in HIV is through sexual contact. Thirdly, it can be transmitted through blood or blood products. This can occur as a result of the contaminated material being given to human blood or during surgery. The child had previously undergone surgery and tested negative. A more sensitive second test needed to be conducted. These tests should have been done intermittently. The virus may have been transmitted to the child's blood as a result of the father's blood coming into contact with a wound on the child's body or a small wound in the gastrointestinal system. The virus needs to reach the bloodstream somehow," he said.
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