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HIV transmission
Hi, can you catch HIV if a drop of infected blood drops on your shirt and within 1 or 2 minutes it touches a ring worm or skin rash near armpit area under your shirt.
Concern is to know :-
1. Survival time span of HIV when exposed to open environment. I. e, on clothes and inanimate surfaces
2.can it cause transmission/ infection in above explained passive manner.
3.heard that for HIV infection to occur the infected bodily fluids should have direct contact with blood stream.
What is " direct contact "?
4. In above scenario, Is there any direct contact and contact with blood stream so as to cause any HIV infection.
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It gets destroyed but you can always go for test for your satisfaction.
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Hiv when come contact with environment got destroyed.
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Dr. Anjana Minu Rajan
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Hi, chances are less when it is exposed to environment gets destroyed
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