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Originally Posted by fredweena
Error: Saliva does not "kill" HIV.
The virus has survived autoclaving, exposure to air, bleach, and all kinds of attempts to kill it. The risk is exponentially lower with each of these types of precautions, but nothing has been proven 100% effective, 100% of the time. Every time you come into contact with bodily fluids, you're at risk. But saliva and tears have way lower concentration than blood, semen, etc. Just FYI.
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Well it obviously doesn't survive very well in saliva or open air, or it would be a much more widespread problem.
Here's a source: http://www.teenhealthfx.com/answers/Health/496.html
"HIV tends to die in the saliva." Not as unequivocal as me saying that saliva kills it, but potayto potahto. And I realise that "kill" is a debatable term when referring to viruses, but I think it's a concise way of saying "prevents from being able to reproduce itself and/or destroys it."
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Last edited by Suave; 01-03-2006 at 08:23 PM..
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