hiv and air?

Question

Is it true that HIV virus dies as soon as it has contact with air?

so does it mean that if blood with hiv virus gets exposed in air, the hiv virus will die?

Answer 1

Scientists and medical authorities agree that HIV does not survive well outside the body, making the possibility of environmental transmission remote. HIV is found in varying concentrations or amounts in blood, semen, vaginal fluid, breast milk, saliva, and tears. To obtain data on the survival of HIV, laboratory studies have required the use of artificially high concentrations of laboratory-grown virus. Although these unnatural concentrations of HIV can be kept alive for days or even weeks under precisely controlled and limited laboratory conditions, CDC studies have shown that drying of even these high concentrations of HIV reduces the amount of infectious virus by 90 to 99 percent within several hours. Since the HIV concentrations used in laboratory studies are much higher than those actually found in blood or other specimens, drying of HIV-infected human blood or other body fluids reduces the theoretical risk of environmental transmission to that which has been observed - essentially zero. Incorrect interpretations of conclusions drawn from laboratory studies have in some instances caused unnecessary alarm.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/qa/qa35.htm

Answer 2

If the virus is in blood, it will live for a short while outside of the body, this is why you should use protection when cleaning up fresh blood, once the blood is dried the virus cannot live. Bleach will also kill the virus. The only way you could catch HIV through kissing is IF you are french kissing and both individuals have open wounds in their mouths, such as bleeding gums. HIV is not a strong virus, it requires living fluids to survive, it is not like the flu or cold virus that can live on a surface for hours.

Answer 3

FALSE ASSUMPTION....!

The Virus... that causes... THE FLU.... the Influenza virus.... CAN LIVE OUTSIDE THE BODY FOR 4-Days.... in a 2000 Study of Immunology Finding!

The AIDS.... virus... which is a Much Stronger... VIRUS.... can live... LONGER!

IT can also be ... TRANSMITTED... by Kissing [ Swapping SPIT ]

The CDC website has much material and so do OTHER Web Sites... Especially THOSE.... Out side of the USA.... that ... Are Not Politically.... Correct!

Thanks, RR

Answer 4

Yes, it's true, and by the way you can't get HIV, by air.
Please Educate yourself about HIV.
Good luck
Alabama

Answer 5

It can not survive in contact with air.

Answer 6

I really want to know if that guy knows what he is talking about why haven't they told people that you can get it by kissing. Why are not more people dead from this if it's that easy to get?

Answer 7

Yes.

Answer 8

http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Mental/Current/Q176030.html