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Confused7765

Hello everyone. in July 2014, I had a protected anal sexual encounter with a woman. The condom did not break / fall off, etc. after the e...

35 answers | 10 comments

Infection from offal organ blood?

Seekingpeas

I ordered lamb liver and package is generally vaccum packed. I kept this liver package on my kitchen slab and then took took to other are...

1 answer

Is look like ringworm?

Alexlar

Hello, I noticed some spot on my body, also with little pimple on scalp, it sound like ringworm but the spot doesn't look like the one o...

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Could all diseases have been airborne at some point in time?

Masquerade13

I thought about it after seeing a zombie movie- basically how did the 1st cases of diseases infect people or animals? I want to make sure...

2 answers

Worried about rabies

Birka123

Hi there, I was recently (2 weeks ago) on vacation in Florida and while walking to the car in the darkness of the night something envelo...

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How long does rabies virus survive in the air?

zhao_tian

Yesterday, when I took my tool, I found that a stray dog was touching it. Just a few minutes later, when I was working, my hand was cut ...

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