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Can you explain detailed the way get hiv without sex and needle? for example: objects containing hiv blood/semen contact with open wound. and how common getting hiv without sex and needle?

Q: can you explain detailed the way get hiv without sex and needle? for example: objects containing hiv blood/semen contact with open wound. and how common getting hiv without sex and needle?

: Such exposures are no risk at all. Nobody has ever been known to catch HIV by contact with blood or body fluids in the environment. No unsafe sex and no needle sharing means you will never be at risk for HIV.

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Such exposures are no risk at all. Nobody has ever been known to catch HIV by contact with blood or body fluids in the environment. No unsafe sex and no needle sharing means you will never be at risk for HIV.

Answered 8/1/2023

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A member asked:

Can you explain detailed the way get hiv without sex and needle? for example: objects containing hiv blood/semen contact with open wound. and how common getting hiv without sex and needle?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

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