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HIV and AIDS |
Saliva06/09/2006 07:50AM |
Someone spit on my garbage can at work and I moved my can and put my hand in it. When I realized what it was I wiped off my hand and washed my hands and used hand sanitizer. If, and I know its probably a remote possibility, this person had HIV or something. Do I have a chance of getting it this way or am I being paranoid?Thanks
HIV is transmitted principally by exposure to blood or during sexual encounters. The risk of acquiring HIV from saliva is exceptionally small and non-existent if your hands did not have major cuts in them.
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George S. Deepe, MD Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine University of Cincinnati |
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