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Is dry blood with hiv contagious? cdc
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In general terms..no: The HIV virus has a short lifespan outside the human body and in dried human secretions. The virus quickly denatures and becomes noninfectious.....But an exact time for infectivity has not been studied and can't get be quoted to you.
Answered 6/10/2014
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