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Is it possible to contract aids from a cut on your hand?

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Dr. Joel Gallant answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No: For that to happen, you'd essentially have to poor fresh blood or semen from an infected person into the fresh cut. That doesn't happen very often.

Dr Pappas agreed

Answered 6/5/2014

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