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How Long Does The Hiv Virus Live On Toilet Paper
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How long does HPV virus really live on a toilet seat?
Toilet seat: There has never been documentation of any infection passing to an individual from a toilet seat. ...Read more
Hiv (Definition)
Hiv infection is caused by a retrovirus....This retrovirus binds to CD4 cells (for the most part). You may detect the virus by several different methods. An elisa test (enzyme linked immunosorbent assay). You may also detect it by doing a test referred to as a western blot (a gel protein electrophoresis). Thirdly by pcr (polymerase chain reaction) which ...Read more
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How long does the aids virus survive outside on sheets?
Who cares?: It doesn't matter, because no one gets HIV infection from sheets. They get it from what goes on beneath the sheets. ...Read more
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How long does the HIV virus live on a razor blade?
TilL dries few HOUR: Cdc has conducted many studies on HIV concentrations outside the body, when these are dried, the virus is reduced by 90to99% over several hours, these concentrations were much higher than they will be outside lab, making theoretical envorenmental transmission outside the body to zero. ...Read more
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How long does the herpes virus survive on a finger?
HERPES ON FINGER: THERE IS VERY LITTLE CHANCE THAT THE HERPESVIRUS COULD LAST AT ALL IF YOU WASH IT AFTER EXPOSURE. NO NEED TO WORRY ...Read more
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How long does ecoli live on paper? Or on toilet paper rolls?
Hours: According to an article from the Journal of Applied Microbiology E. Coli can last anywhere from 4 to 24 hours on a surface. ...Read more
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How long does HIV virus live once on counter if blood spill?
HIV: life outside: Hiv needs a host or culture in a range of the average body temperature. Outside a body, the virus is fragile and dies within minutes if it is allowed to dry up. Hiv can sometimes stay alive for days inside needles of used syringes because there is enough blood to keep it from drying out. ...Read more
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How long does the hsv2 virus last on surfaces before dieing?
Herpes Type 2: Herpes 2 is transmitted from skin to skin directly. It is not transmitted from inanimate objects. ...Read more
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How long does HIV live on air?
HIV is very: Sensitive to environmental exposure and does not last longer . I think you wanted to know whether HIV can be transmitted airborne. The answer would be no. Hiv is strictly body fluid related infection including sexual intercourse , contaminated blood and blood product transfusion , skin or blood vessels pricked by sharp object that contain contaminated ( hiv) containing body fluid ...Read more
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How long does herpes simplex survive outside of it's host? (i mean on inanimate objects on or hands etc)
Depending: On environment, such as moisture and temperature, few hours probably. ...Read more
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How long does the flu live on surfaces?
Viruses live longer: ...On hard surfaces like doorknobs, phones & toothbrushes, up to ~48*, than on porous surfaces like fabric or paper, from 20min up to 1d. But in 2008 a study @ univ hospital of geneva showed flu viruses thriving in wet environments. On swiss money, viruses survived ~72* & when mixed w/human mucus, one type a strain remained active for 17d. Clean, clean, clean to kill the virus! ...Read more
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How long does HIV survive outside the body for? No CDC just honest answer.
Varies: It is important to bear in mind that while HIV may live for some time outside the body, HIV transmission has not been reported as a consequence of contact with spillages of blood, semen or other body fluids, although many healthcare workers do come into contact with hiv-infected body fluid. ...Read more
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How long HIV virus aids can survive on belly ring outside of body?
HIV is hard to get: Seconds. It does not survive outside of living bodily fluids. ...Read more
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Viruses like norovirus & enterovirus can live for weeks on hard surfaces, but what about fabric - how long do viruses survive on a sofa or pillow?
Good question: Almost same life span. Can be little less if it is washed in hot water. ...Read more
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How long does hiv live outside the body? Wet and dry blood. Thanks
Doesn't matter: The concern in questions like this, whether or not stated directly, is that HIV transmission might occur from contaminated environments or objects. But there are no such infections. The busiest HIV/AIDS clinics never have patients without traditional risk factors. That said, HIV is dead once blood dries, and probably survives idefinitiely if it remains wet. But it doesn't matter. ...Read more
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How long does norovirus live on surfaces that you can't clean with bleach?
Not long: Hours, maybe a day at most.
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How long does the hepatitis a virus survive outside the body?
Only few minutes: It depends on the temperature and the conditions. Most of the time it needs body fluids or very direct contact ( air born). ...Read more
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How long does the herpes virus 1 and 2 survive outside the human body, like on surfaces? Can you catch herpes this way?
Up to 3 - 4 hours: It's possible, but not super likely. You have to have a pretty large quantity of virus hanging out on the inanimate object (say for instance a straw), and it has to come into direct contact with your mucous membrane (say for instance your lips), for transmission to occur. Here's some info on herpes: http://health.Nytimes.Com/health/guides/disease/herpes-simplex/print.Html. ...Read more
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How long does genital warts stay alive on a wash towel?
1/2 hour: If it is warm enough viruses can survive up to 1/2 our outside the body. ...Read more
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How long does hpv survive outside the body. What disinfectants will kill the virus on a surface. Does washing and drying your clothes kill the virus?
Doesn't matter: You're asking the wrong question. It doesn't matter whether HPV survives away from the body, on clothing, on a surface, etc. Contact with these things never transmits the virus. Without sex or other direct skin-skin contact with an infected person, nobody ever gets HPV. So no need to worry about it. ...Read more
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How long does HIV remains on a surface?
HIV: This virus does not tolerate drying, heat, cold, or any noxious substances very well and dies quickly. If the surface has moist cell containing fluids on it they may survive until complete drying and death of the cells takes place. It is very rare that HIV is transmitted through inanimate objects, unless they are contaminated with moist body fluids containing the virus. ...Read more
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Definition)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a member of the retrovirus family) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids), [1][2] a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections ...Read more
Virus (Definition)
A virus is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses can infect all types of organisms, from animals and plants ...Read more
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