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Expert: Kristen Brannock, MPH - 4/18/2004


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How high are the risks of contracting aids, if, while two people are fighting, both receive open wounds while one of them already has the disease?

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I am really not sure about this one... For one, it would definitely depend on how bloody the fight was. And for transmission to occur, blood from the infected person would have to enter the other person in some way. And it would have to be in a high enough quantity for transmission to occur. Sorry I can't help more.

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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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