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90 to 99 percent within several hours

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CDC studies have shown that drying of even these high concentrations of HIV reduces the amount of infectious virus by 90 to 99 percent within several hours
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You post anymore and you will be banned. End of discussion.
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why some said 5.8 seconds, some sites 20 minutes and some hours? which is which?
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no one has been identified as infected with HIV due to contact with an environmental surface. Additionally, HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions, therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.
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sORRY , but i just read the link posted by mr. Teak...as below
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/transmission.htm
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STOP STARTING ALL THESE NEW POSTS...GEEEEEEEEEEEZ.

apparently you have taken ONE sentence out of a study and then asking us what it means...no can do.
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