Question
How long does HIV survive outside the body?
23 June 2010. Related: All topics, HIV transmission.
How long does HIV live outside the body in blood. Some info says 30 secs other go as far as to say hours.
Can HIV come alive and infectious if dried and then gets wet again?
I know that this seems like a weird question but I do have a legitimate reason for asking.
Answer
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It is difficult to put an exact time on how long HIV can live outside the body as it depends on many factors. In general, HIV cannot live outside the body for more than a few minutes even in optimum conditions.
Once blood is dried, even if it becomes wet again, HIV will not become infectious again.
Hi Unknown, no there is no risk of transmission.
For more information about testing and transmission please see here: https://i-base.info/qa/factsheets/hiv-transmission-and-testing
If you did a body-to-body massage, and by mistake, the head of your penis has touched her vagina for 15 seconds, is there any HIV risk? And as she said she is HIV negative person should i trust to them? And should i take test?
Hi Valentine, no you are not at risk for HIV.
Please see here for more information about transmission: https://i-base.info/guides/testing
My friend and I were testing for hiv using a home test kit we both turned out to be negative… accidentally as I was disposing the used kits I pricked myself with her finger strick though it wasn’t so deep since I didn’t bleed.suppose she was at a window stage where you test negative but you are positive….am I at risk for contracting HIV