2007-03-26 21:22:36 · 5 answers · asked by jaystyle4eva 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
The majority of responders are correct.
The HIV virus is a rather delicate virus. It can only live outside the body for a short time once the blood or fluid it is contained in dries.
That means if the virus is directly on a surface and it dries...it will live less than 2 minutes. This is directly from the Center of Disease Control.
Avoid exposure, but don't worry about surfaces that you generally touch with your hands like door knobs or toilets. A ten percent bleach concentration w/water will kill the virus instantly.
Viruses that are difficult to kill are influenza and common cold viruses. They can live up to 7 days. Certain viruses that are uncommon outside of hospitals can live up to 30 days. Herpes is not one of these hardy viruses either.
2007-03-27 00:50:11 · answer #1 · answered by kishoti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
exterior the physique, HIV can stay to tell the tale for extra or less 20 minutes. It has an exceedingly short life span while no longer interior the human physique. If it have been in an hermetic syringe, then it may stay to tell the tale from an exceedingly long term. it extremely is how human beings have been in a position to get HIV and AIDS from being drug clientele and sharing needles. interior the medicine bottle, I doubt it would stay to tell the tale interior it for extremely long. The virus desires very particular situations with a view to stay to tell the tale. those conditionas at the instant are not ideal interior a drugs bottle. genuinely, while HIV contaminated blood dries, if that's been spilled exterior the physique, then the prospect of having HIV from that blood drops right down to 0%.
2016-10-20 12:56:09 · answer #2 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both people are wrong. A virus can live for years if not centuries outside a host, IF certain conditions are met. With HIV it has to exist in a fluid medium. Once the virus hits the atmosphere it dies INSTANTLY. To answer your question-(How long can the HIV virus ACTUALLY live outside the body?) indefinitely.
2007-03-26 22:28:31 · answer #3 · answered by jeff_marasso 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The majority of studies suggest that the max amount of time for the virus to live after contact with air is 23 seconds
2007-03-27 00:27:35 · answer #4 · answered by hollilynn 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It can live untill the medium is wet out side the body
like in blood it live till the blood does not dry once it dry the virus killed.
2007-03-26 21:27:20 · answer #5 · answered by Tannu 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋