How long does HIV live outside the body?!
Question: How long does HIV live outside the body!?
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Mitch J,
HIV, like any other virus, is not alive!. It does not "die" outside the body, it just gets destroyed by the outside environment!. Because of this, HIV does not survive well outside the body!. In artificially high concentrations produced in the lab, HIV drying that occurs outside of the body reduces the number of infectious viral particles by 99 percent in just a few hours!.
Universal precautions should be used when dealing with blood, bodily fluids containing visible blood, semen, vaginal fluid, cerebrospinal - synovial - pleural - peritoneal - pericardial and amniotic fluids, needles, scalpels and other sharp instruments!. Universal precautions are achieved by using protective barriers that include
HIV, like any other virus, is not alive!. It does not "die" outside the body, it just gets destroyed by the outside environment!. Because of this, HIV does not survive well outside the body!. In artificially high concentrations produced in the lab, HIV drying that occurs outside of the body reduces the number of infectious viral particles by 99 percent in just a few hours!.
Universal precautions should be used when dealing with blood, bodily fluids containing visible blood, semen, vaginal fluid, cerebrospinal - synovial - pleural - peritoneal - pericardial and amniotic fluids, needles, scalpels and other sharp instruments!. Universal precautions are achieved by using protective barriers that include
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