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PROTECTION Sep 18, 2001 CAN ONE GET AIDS BY SHAKING HANDS WITH AN HIV INFECTED PERSON WHO HAS RECENT CUT-INJURY IN HIS/HER HAND (THE HEALTHY PERSON MAY HAVE SIMILAR CUT-INJURY) ? PLEASE GIVE DETAILS ABOUT CHANCES OF CONTAMINATION BY THIS TYPES OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS. |
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 Total number of documented US cases of HIV transmitted by the contact you describe: zero. It isn't the handshakes, my friend, it's the unprotected sex and needle-sharing that's keeping our epidemic fueled. | ||||||||
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