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course of therapy for natural disease (e.g., treatment of hemophilia, hemorrhage, or bone marrow
failure) then the mode is natural. If HIV was acquired from transfusion of blood or blood
products in the course of treating a victim of accident, suicide, or homicide, and the victim later
died from HIV infection or AIDS as a result, then the mode is not altered from accident, suicide,
or homicide. Death from HIV infection or AIDS as a consequence of HIV transmission through
job-related exposure is an accidental mode also qualifying for workman's compensation benefits.
Proper death certification in AIDS has been and will continue to be important for
generation of appropriate vital statistics upon which understanding of the epidemiology and
extent of HIV infection will depend.[1109]
