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How Long Does HIV Virus Survive Outside The Body
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HIV virus survival in bodily fluids outside the bodyHi, I've found various replies on this site ( eg. http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Workplace/Q47612.html ) that any wet liquid capable of transmitting HIV should be considered as potentionally infectious. I'm not refering to any specific...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello,I agree with the information in the post. It does not refer to "all bodily fluids," but rather specifically to "blood, semen, vaginal fluids or breast milk." There are some bodily fluids; such as tears, sweat, and urine;...
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How long does HIV survive outside the body?Hi,Rick! I have two questions: 1. In your answers you often say that the virus does not survive... Read more »VIRUS SURVIVAL OUTSIDE OF BODY ....PLS HELP VERY SCARED !!!1How long does the hep C and HIV virus live outside the human body? Also if you had your hep A and... Read more »
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Survival of HIV in the EnvironmentConcerning the survival of HIV in the environment, two facts are: HIV does not survive well outside the body. HIV has to be grown in large amounts to be studied in laboratories. Although HIV has been kept alive under certain laboratory... Read more »
Kidney Transplant Survival Can Be Long-Term for People With HIVA Johns Hopkins study finds that HIV-positive kidney transplant recipients could have the same one-year survival rates for themselves and their donor organs as those without HIV, provided certain risk factors for transplant failure are recognized... Read more »
What's New at The Body, March 5, 2008What's New at The Body, March 5, 2008 ... Read more »
Survival of Children With HIV in the United States Has Improved Dramatically Since 1990s, New Analysis ShowsThe death rates of children with HIV have decreased ninefold since doctors started prescribing cocktails of antiretroviral drugs in the mid-1990s, concludes a large-scale study of the long-term outcomes of children and adolescents with HIV in the... Read more »
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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? Thanks Read more » 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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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 »
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