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Direct contact with possible hiv blood in saliva

Recently a girl who might have hiv had bitten my hand as well as put my whole finger in her mouth while she licked and sucked on it. She had bleeding gums too. So i would like to know if i could be at risk at getting hiv from getting bitten, as well as by putting my finger in her mouth when she might have blood in her saliva. I had read the other questions and answers, which you had said saliva contains enzymes that kills hiv. If that was the case, would hiv be easily cured by replicating that enzyme and injecting it into the bloodstream? And air is supposed to kill hiv too. But i had direct contact with the saliva and blood in her mouth from my finger. Thank you for the clarification!
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3191940 tn?1447268717
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As an adult, the only risks for HIV are:
1) having unprotected, penetrative vaginal or anal sex, or
2) sharing IV drug needles with other IV drug users.

You had ZERO RISK for HIV.  No one has ever been infected by being bitten or by having wounded fingers put in someone's mouth, and you will not be the first.   You have a zero percent chance of being infected from this event, and there is no information or detail that you can add to this event that would make it a risk for HIV.
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