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Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

How long does HIV live outside the body?

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HIV OUTSIDE THE BODY

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HOW LONG CAN SURVIVE OUTSIDE THE BODY IN SIDE A BODILY FLUID SUCH AS BLOOD OR CEMEN ? Read more »

Length HIV lives outside the body?!

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

It is impossible for it to live more than a couplr minutes, is this right? Read more »

How long does HIV survive outside the body?

Posted by xtreme, 1 Reply

Hi,

I just wanted to know how long HIV survives outside body and how long it would live on lets say a razor?? I get confused about what the CDC says..some say hours some say minutes...would it be more than a day?

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Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Does anyone know how long HIV can live in semen once it is outside the body? I was exposed to semen of unknow status and I'm concerned I could be in infected with HIV (or any thinkg else?) through a dig in my finger. Four weeks later I have had a... Read more »

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life of hiv outside the body

Hi Dr. HIV can not survieve as long time outside the body. but wat is the aproximately time at which HIV can live outside the body?...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

If the fluid (blood, semen, etc) is dried you can consider it non-infectious.Joe... Read more »

Blood & Semen Survivability of HIV Outside of the Body

I 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"... Read more »

Survival of HIV outside body?

Hi Rick I recently read an article by the CDC that HIV only survives outside the body for a second or two. Yet in your answers you often say that HIV survives for a few minutes. So who is correct or does it depend on the quantity? Say if there was...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Thank you for your question.In my regular dealings with CDC, I have not found any information statingthat HIV will only survive outside the body or one or 2 seconds. BecauseHIV's survival outside the body depends on multiple environmental... Read more »

hiv outside the body

Why don't you say clearly that HIV could not be passed when it is outside the human body? It is not validthat opinion or you want to keep people afraid of getting infected by every case? Could you explain why HIV is a difficult virus to get?...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

There have been studies that have look at old used syringes and have found viable HIV in these. Similarly, infected donated blood in countries that do not screen for HIV is a risk as are unsterilized surgical instruments and such. So, it is not... Read more »

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