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HIV through shaking hands which was bleeding slightly

my finger was bleeding a bit and i shaked my hands with a person who was slightly bleeding from his finger and i think he was hiv +ve . Do u think i might get infected.
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The risk would be negligible, there are no reports of people getting HIV for shaking hands, regardless the small cuts and injuries that are present in everybody's hands.
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