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Does sharing food with an hiv infected person constitutes an hiv exposure? Thanks for your kind reply?
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You won't catch hiv through saliva unless the saliva is mixed with blood of the infected person.So,to be clear... Saliva won't transmit HIV and so sharing plate, food or water doesn't transmit.
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Dr. Manhar Jogi
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HIV transmit through saliva,cemen ,blood outside blood saliva cemen virus doesn't survive
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