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HIV and leather
My friend has HIV, and I borrowed his leather belt. After using the bathroom to urinate, the opening of the uretha touched the leather belt. I looked at the belt and saw a little droplet of urinal on the belt.
If the belt had the HIV virus on it, is it possible to get it? I'm concerned because in this website (http://public.diversity.org.uk/deviant/sssafer.htm#HIVLeather), it suggests that the HIV survives longer on leather than on most other surfaces.
I had the belt for about two full days before the incident.
If the belt had the HIV virus on it, is it possible to get it? I'm concerned because in this website (http://public.diversity.org.uk/deviant/sssafer.htm#HIVLeather), it suggests that the HIV survives longer on leather than on most other surfaces.
I had the belt for about two full days before the incident.
From the website I linked:
"The experts we contacted while researching this subject, including doctors and the Center for Disease Control, agree that no dangerous amount of HIV or hepatitis virus can survive on the surface of leather exposed to air for a day. The purpose of the initial cleaning is to get the viral particles out of the cracks and onto the surface so air can reach them."
If the virus is on the surface, then the virus would not survive for 24 hours. But I did not go through the cleaning procedure to get the virus to the surface. The website seems to suggest that the virus can survive in material like leather for a longer time.
This is why I ask.
"The experts we contacted while researching this subject, including doctors and the Center for Disease Control, agree that no dangerous amount of HIV or hepatitis virus can survive on the surface of leather exposed to air for a day. The purpose of the initial cleaning is to get the viral particles out of the cracks and onto the surface so air can reach them."
If the virus is on the surface, then the virus would not survive for 24 hours. But I did not go through the cleaning procedure to get the virus to the surface. The website seems to suggest that the virus can survive in material like leather for a longer time.
This is why I ask.
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no you would not get hiv that way hiv does not survive long outside of the human body
no you would not get hiv that way hiv does not survive long outside of the human body
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