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Expert: Kristen Brannock, MPH - 8/12/2008


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I used toy from an adult store.  The package looked like it was open before and the toy might have been used.  I used it about an hour after I bought it.  What are the chances of catching aids from the use of it?

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Answer
If there was an exchange of fluid, then yes. Anytime infected semen, vaginal fluid, blood and/or breast milk enters another person's body, infection is possible. If there was any fluid on the toy, and it had dried, then transmission would not happen because in that case the virus would be dead.

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Kristen Brannock, MPH

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I can answer questions concerning HIV infection and AIDS. This includes ways it can and cannot be transmitted, how it is treated, how it affects the body and methods to protect yourself. I can also answer questions concerning safer sex and contraception.

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I trained with the Red Cross to become an HIV/AIDS counselor and was a member of CARES- Carolina AIDS Resource Education Service in college. I have an MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education and conduct research in the field of HIV prevention. I also take continuing education courses in HIV/STI prevention periodically.

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Master of Public Health Health Behavior and Health Education UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health (formerly UNC-CH School of Public Health)

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