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Expert: Kristen Brannock, MPH - 7/23/2007


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QUESTION: hello!SIR i know once the transmitting fluid containing the hiv virus is dry,hiv is dead in it and can't infect another person.i want to know what are the different types of transmitting fluids which when dries can't infect another person with hiv?

ANSWER: There are only 4 fluids that can transmit HIV: blood, breast milk, semen and vaginal fluid

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QUESTION: sir i know once the hiv infected blood outsides the body dries,hiv is dead in it and can't be transmitted to another person.What does the words "outsides the body" means.Does it means anywhere outsides the body like inside my home.please explain.

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Outside the body means anywhere outside of the body...once the transmitting fluid leaves the body and is somewhere in the environment- blood spill on a hospital floor, used condom left on the street, in a home etc. Environmental HIV transmission is EXTREMELY rare.

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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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