Can AIDS be transmitted through clothing?

Yes HIV can be transmitted with clothes on. However, it can not be transmitted through clothing (unless that clothing is soaked in fresh blood and and it comes in contact with a break in the skin barrier). HIV is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids from an infected person.

Also to know is, can you get AIDS from used clothes?

You cannot get HIV from washing clothes. You cannot get HIV from washing clothes belonging to a person who has the virus. HIV cannot be transmitted through touch and isn't present in sweat. It also doesn't survive outside of the body.

Subsequently, question is, does AIDS spread through food? According to the World Health Organization (WHO), HIV cannot be transmitted by water or food. In fact, HIV does not live long outside the human body. Even if the food contained small amounts of HIV-infected blood or semen, exposure to the air, heat from cooking, and stomach acid would destroy the virus.

In respect to this, how can AIDS be transmitted from one person to another?

Contact between broken skin, wounds, or mucous membranes and HIV-infected blood or blood-contaminated body fluids. Deep, open-mouth kissing if both partners have sores or bleeding gums and blood from the HIV-positive partner gets into the bloodstream of the HIV-negative partner. HIV is not spread through saliva.

Can you get AIDS from someone without AIDS?

You can only get HIV from someone who is infected with HIV, and even then only if you are involved in risky activities that can spread the virus. But even people who have sex with only one person can get HIV. There is no risk of transmitting HIV between two people who are both uninfected.

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Can saliva transmit virus?

The virus is spread through saliva and infection occurs through contact. Hepatitis B – kissing may also transmit this virus, although blood has higher levels of this virus than saliva. Infection can occur when infected blood and saliva come into direct contact with someone else's bloodstream or mucous membranes.