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What is unintact skin for HIV?

What is unintact skin for HIV?

I'm not too sure why my last post was deleted, but nobody answered my question. I know HIV can't infect through intact skin, but what constitutes unintact skin that could be a potential for infection? Would irritation cause a portal, or a scratch? Would the keratin layer of the skin need to be broken, or would the cut have to be bleeding?
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SKIN TO SKIN HAS NO CHANCE TO GET HIV. IF CURRENTLY BLEEDING BOTH SKIN IN SAME TIME, THERE IS VERY SMALL CHANCE TO GET.
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Move on.
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That's what I'm trying to do, but I'm having a hard time...
If my perianal skin was inflamed/irritated, but I saw no bleeding, would that even be a possible port? Or would there need to be actual active bleeding?
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