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Hiv Life Outside Body
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HIV life outside of bodyHow long can the HIV virus live outside of the body when exposed to air?As a teacher, I often get questions related to 'if someone who is HIV infected is preparing food and they cut themselves, and there was some blood on food...is that...
Response from Susan Little, M.D.
University of California San Diego
The easy answer is that HIV requires living cells to persist - so exposure to air will typically result in cell death within hours. The only exception to this is in the case where a larger volume of blood is spilled, then the cells in the center of...
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HIV's Life Outside The BodyI have found your website very informative. Could you tell me the maximum amount of time a... Read more »life of hiv outside the bodyHi Dr. HIV can not survieve as long time outside the body. but wat is the aproximately time at... Read more »
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To All Experts - HIV Life Outside Body
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...
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HIV survival outside the body
Posted by Anonymous
Maybe I'm dumb or a lil slow but im still confused about hiv survival outside the body and its ability to infect.Does it make a difference in the amount of blood or semen outside the body to determine the time of hiv to die?My doctor says the...
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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?
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HIV outside the body
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