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HIV virus in lubricant
Hello, I had a encounter with a sex worker where before she put on a condom on my penis she put on some type of clear liquid on the head of my penis from a small plastic bottle which had no labeling or writing on it. After having sex I started to think that even though the liquid she put on my penis probably was lubricant could it have been tainted/tempered with the HIV virus on purpose by her. Would it be possible for the virus strain to stay active in that bottle?
HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.
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