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I am curious if hiv can come from saliva, why are we taught that it cannot?
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Low risk: Saliva contaminated with blood can transmit hiv, though the risk with saliva is small. See this site for more info. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/.
Answered 8/17/2013
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