Viability Of Hiv Virus In Splatter Blood Droplets

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Question concerning occupational exposures and blood splatter....

Hello Dr. Wohl,I'm curious about this. I've read the archives and a lot of source material and one thing everyone seems to agree on is that outside of the body hiv is essentially dead. When it comes to occupational exposures, especially...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

The virus evolved to live in warm, dark cells. Not on linoleum. So, yes, as the temperature drops and the blood dries the number of viable viruses declines. I think it is safe to say that 99.99% of the people with HIV on this planet got infected... Read more »

blood splattered

My husband was on a bus in nyc and there was a crime that was done on the bus, well the one lady... Read more »

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Blood splatter on uniform with HIV

Thank you for this forum, I am an ER nurse who drew a blood on a HIV/AIDs patient, as I was doing... Read more »

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HIV from Urine Droplets ???

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hello,

Can someone pls advise ?

I was using the adjacent urinal in the public men's toilet on 29 Apr 2000. The other urinal was occupied by another guy. After he has done so (pee), it could be seen that he wanted to rid urine remains by "shaking"... Read more »

Normal Blood Test - Would the virus show up?

Posted by Anonymous

I am worried that I may have contracted HIV and have yet to go to a clinic for a test. However, a few days ago I went for a blood test because I have been feeling tired for over a year now. My question is this. Could the virus show up on the blood... Read more »

a lot of HIV virus in the milk?

Posted by aspn, 3 Replies

I bought a carton of milk 3 days ago, i drank it this morning, and i found the milk carton has a lot of blood on the carton, I am afraid , will someone intentionally given the blood in the carton and i drank it? I was afraid that there is... 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 »

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