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Is there much risk if someone has hiv and small traces of blood in there saliva got into a bleeding cut you had on leg when they were talking to you.
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No: The risk seems quite small, but what a strange set of circumstances. If you think you may have been exposed to HIV disease the best thing to do is to go and be tested. Good luck.
Answered 6/19/2016
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Not a chance: Listen. Saliva doesn't transmit HIV. A cut on your leg is already closed. During the bad years when there was no treatment, milllions of families had an HIV-positive member playing freely, sharing utensils, licking, kissing, hugging, cuddling and everything else that makes life nice, and not a single person caught HIV except by sex or sharing needles.
Answered 1/1/2016
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