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Shook hands with someone who has auto immune disease and i have cuts. if they have hiv and were bleeding and got in my small cut can i get it. scared?
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Probably not: If your bleeding area is in direct contact with another bleeding cut on a HIV infected person. potential transmission may occur. Howeverthis would be a highly unlikely way to transmit HIV.
Answered 12/5/2015
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