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Expert: Terry B - 12/31/2008


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What if a man with AIDS uses your phone and then you clean it off when he leaves.You clean it with pinesol and water and everything and then you use it,can you get AIDS from using it?

Answer
Dear Corrina:

Peace and all good things to you and yours.  No, HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) is transmitted by exposure to the blood, semen, vaginal secretions, or breast milk of an infected person.  Please go to www.avert.org or www.thebody.com for more information on how HIV is transmitted.

Best to you in the new year,

Terry

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Terry B

Expertise

Help in assessing personal and professional risk of HIV transmission; tips in teaching about HIV/AIDS; cultural competency for teaching about HIV/AIDS in Catholic settings; considerations in US and overseas HIV/AIDS programs and education for health and other professionals. Specific questions about treatment should be referred to your health provider; opinions and information offered are not meant to replace medical advice

Experience

Seven years with academic medical center and national AIDS education and training center, seven subsequent years with focus on international HIV/AIDS in East and South Africa. Former clinician, bioethics preceptor at an academic medical center and presenter in wide range of fora including international AIDS conference.

Organizations
Disabled American Veterans American Public Health Association MENSA AA

Publications
Human Variety, EC Sociological Society Proceedings of the International AIDS Conference, Durban, South Africa "HIV and Primary Care"

Education/Credentials
BS Psychology MPH Master of Public Health PhD studies underway

Awards and Honors
Naval School of Health Sciences, Hospital Corps with Highest Honors, Neuropsychiatry with Honors and High Distinction

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