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Can Hiv Virus Survive In Water?

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Shane Filomena answered
Scientists and medical authorities agree
  that HIV does not survive well outside the body, making the possibility
  of environmental transmission remote.Some people fear that HIV might be transmitted in other ways; however,
no scientific evidence to support any of these fears has been found. If
HIV were being transmitted through other routes (such as through air,
water, or insects), the pattern of reported AIDS cases would be much
different from what has been observed.
For example, if mosquitoes could transmit HIV infection, many more
young children and pre-adolescents would have been diagnosed with AIDS.Results from laboratory studies should not be used to assess
  specific personal risk of infection because (1) the amount of virus
  studied
  is not found in human specimens or elsewhere in nature, and (2) no
  one has been identified as infected with HIV due to contact with
  an environmental surface. Additionally, HIV is unable to reproduce
  outside
  its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under
  suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore,
  it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.
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Tim answered
No the virus does not live outside of the body. The virus dies once it hit's air. It is quite a complex being, and it has to be perfect circumstances for the virus to pass to you, and SEX is the MAIN way to contract it. You can't get it from a toilet seat, using a fork, or drinking from the same glass of water of someone who is infected with the disease!
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CARRY OK answered
In a glass of water. Not a pool of river. It can live outside the body for 6hrs in warm air 48hrs if its cool out.

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