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Can Hiv Blood Survive In Cold Temperatures
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HCV Survival in Syringes Affected by Syringe Type, Time and TemperatureBelow is the transcript of a press conference held at CROI 2010 on Feb. 19, in which Elijah Paintsil, M.D., F.A.A.P., of Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., discusses a study he presented on the survival of hepatitis C virus... Read more »
Survival Is Cold Comfort in AIDS-Stricken Rural ChinaAn estimated 300,000 farmers in China's rural Henan province caught HIV through state-promoted blood-buying enterprises in the 1990s. Now, 253 state-funded clinics across Henan give HIV-infected residents free drugs. The clinics also stock aspirin... Read more »
Surviving the Company Blood DriveThis is an excerpt from There is Hope: Learning to Live with HIV , 2ndEdition, written by Janice Ferri, with Richard R. Roose and Jill Schwendeman, apublication of The HIV Coalition . Our company has very aggressive blood drives. The woman who... Read more »
Ask the Experts
can the hiv survive beyond the body temperature?It is possible for the hiv/aids virus to survive outside the human body temperature and if so, for how long does it take?...
Response from Eric Daar, M.D.
UCLA School of Medicine
There are several studies that have shown that virus can persist and be infectious outside of the body for hours or even days in a moist environment. Eric...
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Blood & Semen Survivability of HIV Outside of the BodyI have a 2 questions regarding HIV transmission and survivability outside of the body.1,) How long will the HIV virus survive in blood outside of the body say within a insulin type of needle. I have been told by some needle sharers that the needle...
Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W
Columbia University's Health & Related Services
Your friends might be wrong on both counts. Here's some information that hopefully helps:1) Please refer my previous response to the question "Lifespan of virus in needle"...
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hiv survival outside of thebody - divergence of opinionsHello,I would like to know once and for all how is it with hiv survival ouside the body. On your site there were several responses that the virus dies very quickly when exposed to air and is not contagious whithin few minutes after infected fluid...
Response from David Wohl, M.D.
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
This reminds me of those people that tell you about all the horrible germs that live on your kitchen counters and sponges. Sure, you can find these germs here and there but not in the numbers needed to cause disease. Same with HIV. To achieve...
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HIV survivalUp to what temperatures-cold & hot- can HIV survive?...
Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.
Stanford University, School of Medicine
It certainly survives freezing, and won't survive boiling. The exact upper bound of temperature where the virus is no longer viable is not known....
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Could HIV virus survive after normal laundry?
Posted by sushi77, 1 Reply
Hello there,My pants were contaminated by somebody's blood the day before yesterday. Later, I put that pants into the laundry machine with some other clothes . I washed them in normal washing cycle (cold water cycle with normal detergent), and dried... Read more » Could HIV virus still survive after normal laundry
Posted by sushi77, 2 Replies
Hello there,My pants were contaminated by somebody's blood the day before yesterday. Later, I put that pants into the laundry machine with some other clothes . I washed them in normal washing cycle (cold water cycle with normal detergent), and dried... Read more » hiv survival
Posted by Anonymous
Does hiv really only survive for 10 mins outside the body?Is this regardless if the blood is wet or dry?When we say 10 mins does that mean a small amount of blood or large amounts also?Finally if hiv dies after 10 mins does that mean that only after...
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hiv survival skeptic for jackie
Posted by Anonymous
hey I read a previous post about shaking hands with open cuts.Ok fair enough hiv dies outside the body but do we know how long exactly?I read it dies after 10 mins but what if hiv blood makes contact on open wounds befor that?I mean the time it...
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