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Minor cut on foot, possiible hiv transmission?
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HIV: If your foot was in a vagina or you had another person's hiv-containing blood on your foot it is conceivable, but unlikely. Hiv is not easy to transmit. Requires sex or exchange of infected body fluids or tissue.
Answered 10/10/2013
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