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A parrot bit an aids person and bit me after ten minutes, but there was no trace of the infected person's blood on the bird's tip and my hand was superficially wounded and bleeding a little. is it possible that the aids virus remained on the bird tip?

Q: a parrot bit an aids person and bit me after ten minutes, but there was no trace of the infected person's blood on the bird's tip and my hand was superficially wounded and bleeding a little. is it possible that the aids virus remained on the bird tip?

: Zero risk. Nobody has ever been known to be infected by an exposure anything like this. Don't worry about it.

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Zero risk. Nobody has ever been known to be infected by an exposure anything like this. Don't worry about it.

Answered 7/25/2021

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A member asked:

A parrot bit an aids person and bit me after ten minutes, but there was no trace of the infected person's blood on the bird's tip and my hand was superficially wounded and bleeding a little. is it possible that the aids virus remained on the bird tip?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

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