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What bodily fluids do and do no transmit hiv?
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HIV is hard to get: Vaginal and penile secretions and blood are the most common fluids that transmit hiv. One has to be in direct contact with mucous membranes (those tissues that line the gut and vagina) or direct blood to blood exposure like that from sharing direct vein to vein drug needles. Hiv is not caught through normal skin. It is not caught by touching or being around someone with hiv.
Answered 5/18/2016
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