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Can some other person's dried semen which dried a long way back (may be a week or two from the time it dried up) on a cloth cause hiv infection if it rubs your retraced foreskin of the penis?

Q: can some other person's dried semen which dried a long way back (may be a week or two from the time it dried up) on a cloth cause hiv infection if it rubs your retraced foreskin of the penis?

: No, not possible. Drying kills HIV.

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No, not possible. Drying kills HIV.

Answered 9/25/2023

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Dr. Birendra Tandan answered

HIV virus dies within 24hrs or so in such circumstances. So no chance

Answered 9/25/2023

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A member asked:

Can some other person's dried semen which dried a long way back (may be a week or two from the time it dried up) on a cloth cause hiv infection if it rubs your retraced foreskin of the penis?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Dr. Birendra Tandan answered

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