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Can dry blood can cause hiv infection ?
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Generally not: Drying causes the death of the hiv, but it depends upon how dry and how long it has been dry. And then you would have to put the dry blood into a body, either onto a mucous membrane or into the bloodstream. Very very very unlikely.
Answered 2/27/2016
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