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HIV risk from kissing with mouth sore

Hi,i had a kiss with someone but i realized late that i have mouth sore on upper part of my lip. We do only french kiss, is it risk to catch HIV?
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The only ways HIV is spread are:
-Unprotected anal/vaginal penetrations.
-Sharing needles to inject drugs.
-Mother to child.

Kissing is not a risk, even with mouth sores, bleeding gums, etc.
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