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kissing

I know from reading other forums that kissing poses virtually no possible transmission. If an HIV Positive person has a cut on his lip that may or not have been bleeding is it possible to transmit hiv this way to a person that may or may not have had an open or irritated area on their lips.
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755829 tn?1246919225
Kissing is not a risk
HIV is only transmitted via:
Unprotected anal/vaginal sex
Sharing needles
Mother to child
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No risk. No documented cases of transmission by kissing, regardless of cuts and sores on the lips/mouth.
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