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Can dried blood from a bloody nose transmit hiv or aids?
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No: Hiv seems to require living white cells to survive for any length of time, all viruses are fragile and most cannot tolerate drying, and casual household contacts of hiv-positive people even before treatment simply didn't catch it. Relax. You won't get sick.
Answered 2/2/2015
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