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Hello I am from china. In our country's Web site a lot of people say the HIV virus will survive outside the body for hours or even days.
1. A small amount of blood is with HIV will survive for long time in vitro?
2. If a half hour ago have AIDS barber, half an hour after the haircut, the barber caused damage to the scalp of HIV infection?

I'm sorry I'm very proficient in English is not, translation software translation do not know whether you understand?
Thank you for your reply.
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366749 tn?1544695265
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This is a totally baseless information. HIV never survives outside its host, except under controlled laboratory conditions. The only other exception is a syringe where the virus survives for sometime due to absence of oxygen under vacuum. Other than these two, the virus inactivates almost instantly as soon as it comes in contact with atmospheric oxygen.

Barber shop is NOT a place where one can get HIV
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Thank you very much.
I love my country, but in our country often to AIDS, rabies describe very scary.
I want to reconfirm my understanding of information is correct:
1.In non laboratory environments, in the blood of HIV from the body a few minutes or even seconds will die?
2.Accidental injury of the scalp will not appear in the barber led to the spread of HIV (in Chinese hairdressing tool is not sterilized)?
Thank you.
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