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I know this is wierd, but can i get hiv if i had sex using a condom which was opened?i fear someone can put virus in side the condom before i use it.

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Dr. Robert Isaacs answered

Unlikely: Seems to me to be very difficult to imagine. You would have to obtain the virus, then transport it and them apply it. Not at all easy. Who would have both the ability and the desire to do that? The HIV virus does not survive for very long at all outside the human body or if it isn't in the right culture media.

Answered 1/24/2015

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A member asked:

I know this is wierd, but can i get hiv if i had sex using a condom which was opened?i fear someone can put virus in side the condom before i use it.

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Robert Isaacs answered

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