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Expert: Kristen Brannock, MPH - 4/3/2007


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there was a kid that poked me with a thread needle and he poked himself first to test if it was sharp... and poked me like a couple seconds to screw around with me but he might have HIV, but is it even a big risk to expose HIV from this problem

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I've never heard of a thread needle infecting anyone...usually it is a syringe which holds blood and injects it into another person's body. That said, anytime that infected blood enters someone's body, transmission is possible. I really think it is very unlikely from what you describe but I cannot say it is impossible.

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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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