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HIV is a retro virus that has a very short lifespan especially when exposed to air.
For someone to acquire HIV from a toilet seat there would have to be some extremely FRESH biological matter present (semen) and the person who sits on this deposit of matter would have to have an open wound that makes direct contact with the semen.
I say semen because the concentration of the HIV disease in other bio waste is not high enough to be viable.
To sum it up......it is close to impossible to get AIDS (HIV) from a toilet seat.
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- The HIV virus is actually a quite delicate, easily killed virus. It does not survive outside of its human carriers for more than short periods. Specifically, drying kills it. When different solutions were tested to determine what should be recommended as the universal cleanser for body fluid secretions, every solution tested(alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, iodine, betadine, Bactine,etc) were effective. Bleach was chosen since it is so cheap, ubiquitous, and safe. Unless someone just left some wet body fluid, and you had a transfer to a mucous membrane or open wound, it would be possible. It really would take quite a large innoculum (viral load) before there would be a statistically possible transfer. Health care workers have these minor exposures all the time. If it were this deadly, we all would have been gone a long time ago.
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∙ 13y agoToilets have dirty contaminated water that comes from the sewers. In there has a variety of contaminated elements and atoms that can strictly produce viruses of HIV. I would never do that, unless if you have been vaccinated for HIV.
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∙ 14y agoNo. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is transmitted through contact with infected blood, semen, vaginal fluid and breast milk.
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∙ 11y agoYou won't get HIV from a clean public toilet.
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∙ 13y agoYou can not be infected by HIV via a toilet seat.
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∙ 11y agoYou can't get HIV by sitting on the toilet seat.
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PLEASE ANSWER- Can Smegma on a toilet seat contain HIV AIDS?
Smegma is not a bodily fluid known to transmit HIV.
Can you get uti from a person sitting on toilet before you?
No, you can't catch a UTI from the toilet seat, from direct contact with a person, etc. It's not contagious.
Can you catch crabs by sitting on the same toilet seat?
Yes you can , if you sit right after someone with crabs.....
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Can you get a disease from a toilet seat?
STDs are not transmitted from toilet seats. The viral and bacterial ones die on contact with the air, including HIV. You would also need a cut or sore on your butt for the bacteria or virus to get in. And really, if you saw a toilet seat covered in semen or blood would you sit down?Also, crabs cannot be transmitted by toilet seats. They need hair to hang on to and not a smooth surface like a toilet seat.Some infections can be transmitted by a toilet seat like e coli, salmonella, Hepatitis A, but again, you would need a way for those to inside you, and they prefer to travel by hands to mouth.And, anyways, in a health perspective, toilet seats are one of the most sterile places in a restroom. Most bacteria can only live 1hour to 6 hours on a surfice like that anyway.You can catch herpes from a toilet seat.
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Can sharks catch HIV?
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