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A member asked:
If blood w/ hiv is injected into a red apple fruit, how long would hiv survive inside that fruit?if i gonna eatthat apple would i get infected w/ hiv?
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No risk: Hiv does not live outside of fresh body fluids. It does not infect from inanimate objects. There is no risk of transmission in your far-fetched scenario.
Answered 7/26/2019
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