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How Long Does The Hepatitis Virus Live Outside Body
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How long does the virus live outside the bodymy girlfriend is positive, and I am not. We have been together for 1 year and always use safe sex and we are careful not to get me infected. After fingering in the vagina, does the aids virus still live on your hands after the vaginal fluid has...
Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W
Columbia University's Health & Related Services
It is highly unlikely that you would become infected this way. Please refer to responses to What are the risks of fingering someone? and How long does HIV live outside of the body?. RMK...
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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 »How long does HIV live outside the body?or on a persons skin?... Read more »
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Guide to Hepatitis C for People Living With HIVFirst Questions We would like to briefly address the most basic questions about HCV and HIV up front. You can read more about many of these issues in later chapters. What Is Hepatitis C? The word hepatitis just means inflammation of the... Read more »
Living With Chronic Hepatitis BWhat Should You Know to Keep Others From Getting Infected With HBV? What Is Chronic (Life-Long) Hepatitis B? How Serious Is Hepatitis B? How Could You Have Been Infected With HBV? How Can I Take Care of My Liver? Is There Treatment for... Read more »
A Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United StatesPlease note: An erratum has been published for this article. To view the erratum, please click here . Summary Hepatitis B vaccination is the most effective measure to prevent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and its consequences, including... Read more »
Guide to Hepatitis C for People Living With HIVManaging and Treating HCV "My doctors have warned me my health may be at more risk from HCV than HIV. I've been urged to have biopsies done of my liver and to consider going on treatment for HCV. I've decided to delay embarking on therapy for two... 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 » 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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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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outside the body
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Ok so experts please tell me how long HIV can last outside the body in a bodilyfluid or blood ? and is easy transferrable if outside the body at say 2-3 hours ?
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