A member asked:

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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Dr. John Chiu answered

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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