If hiv spreads thru xchange of syringes by drug addicts sufferin wit aids,Y can't it spread thru dog's bite?
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If a dog bit an infected human then before the virus could die bit an uninfected human it is possible for a dog to transmit HIV that way. Difficult to do since the dog would have to get enough blood with enough virus and then manage to put enough of that into the second human who was bitten. The virus would not live long in a dogs mouth and does not live at all in a dog. So the odds of this happening are a million to one or more. It COULD possibly happen if everything was just right.
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lol, miss molly....that should be a bumper sticker.  "Don't share a joints with girls outside the VD clinic!"  Priceless.\n\nAnyhow, I would assume not. If you cannot catch it from the following ways, I would guess a cigarette is not much different:\n\nThere is no evidence that HIV can be spread through the following: kissing; SHARING FOOD UTENSILS, towels or bedding; swimming in pools; using toilet seats; using telephones; or having mosquito or other insect bites. http://www.intelihealth.com/ih/ihtih/wsi...\n\nAND:\n\nYou cannot contract AIDS from: beds, breathing, chewing pencils, clothing, combs or hairbrushes, coughing or sneezing, drinking fountains, door knobs, gum, hot tubs, hugging, kissing, nail files, shaking hands, sharing food or drinks, silverware, sitting in the same classroom, swimming pools, tears, telephones, toilet seats, touching \ntowels \nhttp://www.caps.ucsf.edu/capsweb/curricu...
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The risk of getting HIV from a dentist or his staff is very low due to the fact that the virus can not live without a human host for more than a matter of minutes and even then there must be an opening in the recipients(patient) skin or mucous membrane AND blood from the HIV infected person (dentist) has to touch that opening for a transfer of the virus to occur. It is far more likely for the patient to give the virus to the dentist. However either situation is very rare. \n\n   The likelyhood of Hepititis being transferred is far more likely because the hepititis virus does not need a human host to live and actually lies dormant in human blood that has dried on a surface outside the body. It is reactivated when it becomes wet again which makes this virus much more dangerous in terms of getting it at a dental office. The dentist and their staff are more likely to get the virus than to give the virus in both cases but are at much higher risk of getting Hepititis than HIV.
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When I was in high school, we had a man come in who was HIV+ talking about the virus. He told us that small amounts of saliva won't transfer the disease; ex: kisses here and there, or sharing utinsels. Saliva will transfer it if a LOT is digested; ex: drinking a cup of spit. I know, it's kinda gross, but hopefully my point is taken.
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The HIV virus has been a living virus in the animal kingdom since time in the beginning. Your pet cat has the virus. What happen was this - as this world over populated and people began to starve, corruption in every corner of the globe, people ate parts of the "monkey" , the brains in fact, for the first time, and that is how the virus entered mankind. Now through bi-sexuality - it spread, and you know that you can be in any part of the world in less then 4-hrs - that is how it travelled into our countries. There will never be a cure for it, as man does not have the DNA link to the animal DNA - the only cure is safe sex, and unfortunately that is not working, or sinking into the heads of our young people. 4 young people and hour, under the age of 34 - (14-34) male and female, contract the AIDS virus an hour! in North America!! we are not far behind the 3rd worlds which have millions dying and dead from this uncontrollable disease. A generation of children are now orphans with both parents dead from HIV. Pass it on and only have safe sex. Good question - Check out "Bono's" site, big web and lots of info on this subject and on feed the world.
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Nobody "catches" AIDS.  However, one can "catch" HIV which may progress to AIDS.\n\nIt *is* theoretically possible to contract HIV orally. However, there have been *NO* confirmed cases of HIV transmission through oral sex and the risk of this type of transmission is very, very low.
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Take in account a hospital, one hiv infected person and one not. Ok, now the hiv infected person is spewing blood on the floor and 30 minutes later, the non hiv walks by, slips and crashes, causing lacerations. \n\nHIV cannot live outside of the body. Once the blood reaches cold, the virus will die, but do not even think that it is not possible. \n\nScratches will do nothing, sharing needles will. Having sex will, exchanging body fluids will, the only way is if during the scratching you bled and the HIV person bled into the same wound. If for chance that the person was bitten by the HIV person, a test is Mandatory because the Virus may have spread. \n\nOn the other note, blood is dangerous. Dry, wet, old, whatever, do not touch it without the proper protective items, i.e. latex gloves.\n\nExample of this is (1997, a man is shot in a convienence store. He died. Although HIV was not present the store owner died 2 years later from a different virus that travels in the blood stream)\n\nCool?
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HIV is a bloodborne, fluid pathogen, That means there must be an exchange of body fluid. example the person with the infection bit u and broke the skin. HIV while the majority of the virus is in the blood stream can and is spread thru other body fluids such as semen, saliva and vaginal fluids of course the other person must have abrasions, cuts, tears in order for the virus to enter their body. Remember even minute microscopic abrasion can let the virus enter your body.\n\nHope that helps and perhaps brings you some peace of mind.\nbest of luck.
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I hope you are joking.  Unprotected sex & using dirty needles for drug abuse are both causes for AIDS and HIV.  HIV is a cause of AIDS. Knowledge is the key and if you are serious i hope you take the time to research.  Not A Laughing Mater!!!
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Highly unlikely. HIV cannot be transmitted through saliva. The toothbrush would have to be contaminated with blood of the infected and used right away by someone with a cut or bleeding gums. Although it is definitely NOT worth the risk.
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The only way for you to get hiv is through the following:\n\n1. Sexual contact with an infected person\n2. Sharing of injection needles\n3. Blood transfusion\n\nThere is very little or no chance of you getting hiv from the bite of an hiv-infected person. What you may get, however, is rabies if he has the rabies virus.
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aids can be transmitted through\nunprotected oral, vaginal, or anal sexual intercourse ("unprotected" means not using a condom) \nsharing needles, such as needles used to inject drugs (including needles used for injecting steroids) and those used for tattooing
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it is a possibility he can get infected.  We have minute open cracks sometimes on our skin without even realizing it.  If those cracks come in contact with blood or body fluid that is infected with the HIV virus, then there is definitely a possibility of contracting HIV.  If the person that gave the man the oral sex has an open sore or wound that may not be visible, and if the person receiving also has a small open sore or wound that is not visible, then yes it is highly likely that the person can contract HIV.  It is always best to use protection, common sense and to be careful.
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AIDS is a syndrome associated with the HIV virus, which has been isolated to a population of chimps in Africa. How it transferred from chimps to humans is anyone's guess, but my assumption would be that it was not through Homo-Pan sexual relations. I suppose the virus could pass through eating raw infected meat.
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First off hiv needs blood.  Just simply touching something doesn't transfer the disease, they has to be broken skin and blood transfer, and then the one receiving has to have broken skin and receive the transfer on that area.  The toothbrush thing I believe was referring to people (eeewwww) that would brush their teeth and then had the brush, right then to their partner or someone else.\nIf you get infected body fluids on your person, in a faily short period of time, last time I heard it lived around 30 second, touched a cut or a orface then ya, you could, maybe get it, but that's alot of if's and maybe's.  If the disease spread that easily, we would all have it by now.  The thing I don't understand is what about mosquitoes?  They have the infected material, in their bodies, and move to the next person?  If I was to worry about something, that would be it.
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It can transmit HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDs.
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This question is ridiculous. AIDS is not only an epidemic, it is a pandemic, and it is most certainly something to be scared of.\n\nThe HIV/AIDS virus is only transmissable through bodily fluids; blood and semen. For this reason, it is most commonly found in gay men and drug abusers. Gay men have anal sex, which usually results in some anal bleeding. When one man ejaculates, the semen can infect the open wounds from which the blood is emitting. This however, it not only seen in gay men, it is also a risk to women who have anal sex with an infected male. Transmission is no different.\n\nIn terms of transmission among drug abusers, this refers to drugs such as heroine which is taken with a needle. Drug abusers arent known for their cleanliness in this matter and  usually use needles which have already been used before. When the needle is used to inject someone with AIDS, it picks up the virus from their blood, when this needle is reused, the person who injects themself will most probably recieve the disease by introducing the infected blood of the first person into their own body.\n\nNo self respecting scientist...or educated person for that matter...would deny that AIDS is caused by a virus. It is a retrovirus and has been extensively studied. It cannot target any specific group of people. Those people are just more susceptible to it through unprotected anal sex and drug abuse with needles.\n\nIt is also very common for people who had blood transfusions in the late 70's and early 80's to have contracted the virus. This is because at that time there were far less restrictions on who could or could not give blood; also, not enough was known about the virus to test blood donors for the disease.\n\nI'm sorry to tell you that the AIDS in africa is the same AIDS we have here, in fact, 50% of the South African army is infected with the HIV virus. There have been more deaths in Africa due to AIDS than there have been deaths by malaria. It is more common in africa due to their lack of contraception, and their significantly less sanitary and deprived medical centers.