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Just had some doubts about how hiv is spread.......can it be spread through unknown particles in the air if they go in the mouth ??

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Dr. John Chiu answered

No: Need to be blood-to-blood transmission. (in sexual encounters, minute hemorrhage in the sexual organs from the friction is how HIV enters the blood stream)

Dr Le agreed

Answered 2/11/2016

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A member asked:

Just had some doubts about how hiv is spread.......can it be spread through unknown particles in the air if they go in the mouth ??

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. John Chiu answered

Dr Le agreed

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