A 25-year-old male asked:
can hiv get if a little as a drop of semen got into my mouth and i had a canker sore.no direct sexual activity was done at all?
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Dr. Arnold Malerman answered
53 years experience Orthodontics
HIV: If you got semen in your mouth you had direct sexual activity. As saliva not a good substrate for this virus, chances of transmission are remote, though affected by mucosal lesion. See your Physician or Urgent Care for testing, review of routes of transmission, and safe sex practices.
Answered on Dec 18, 2018
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