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En Espaņol
On the Cheek:
HIV is not transmitted casually, so kissing on the cheek is very
safe. Even if the other person has the virus, your unbroken skin is a good
barrier. No one
has become infected from such ordinary social contact as dry kisses, hugs,
and handshakes.
Open-Mouth Kissing:
Open-mouth kissing is considered a very low-risk activity
for the transmission of HIV. However, prolonged open-mouth kissing could
damage the mouth or lips
and allow HIV to pass from an infected person to a partner and then enter
the body through cuts or sores in the mouth. Because of this possible risk,
the
CDC recommends against open-mouth kissing with an infected partner.
One
case suggests that a woman became infected with HIV from her sex partner
through exposure to contaminated blood during open-mouth kissing.
For more
information refer to the July 11, 1997, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report “Transmission
of HIV Possibly Associated with Exposure of Mucous Membrane to Contaminated
Blood”.
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