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Can you contract hiv virus if someone spits in your mouth?

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Low risk: It is possible to transmit HIV through saliva, especially if it is contaminated with blood and if the recipient has any sores in the mouth. See this site for more info. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/law/transmission.htm.

Answered 6/10/2014

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Dr. Dinh Bui answered

NO: Though it is a very grotesque experience, you cannot contract HIV virus with someone spitting in your mouth. However, i would make sure that person will never do the same thing to anybody else or even do the act of spitting again :).

Answered 1/1/2017

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