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HIV at Camp Sep 12, 2002 This summer I worked with some AIDS and HIV infected kids at camp..lately i've been feeling sick ...but i don't know what the symptoms are of these are but i was just curious could i have gotten HIV through tending to their scrapes and cuts when they fell this summer? |
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Response from Dr. Luzuriaga
 HIV is rarely transmitted between individuals other than through sex or blood product transfusion; muscosal transmission to health care workers is usually the result of exposure to a large amount of fluids with HIV. Even in family settings, HIV transmission is extremely rare. Nevertheless, universal precautions (including gloves when in contact with a bleeding child) are recommended for day care and camp settings. If you used universal precautions, you need not worry. |
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