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Its good to be well informed about HIV. There were many stories on junk some days back where it is said that a boy got infected by HIV virus by eating pani-puri (a special recipe in India). And there have also been rumors where people are affected by the HIV virus when they got pricked by an HIV infected needle in theaters which is rubbish etc. People make it more worse disease as it is not that much though. Below is a mail sent by a Brand Manager (Product Manager) handling anti HIV / AIDS portfolio (called as Antiretroviral Drugs) in Ranbaxy. Please read following points carefully & don't send emails related to Medical ailments without having complete knowledge about it (even partial knowledge could be grossly dangerous).

HIV (virus) requires ONLY Blood or Semen as medium to transmit from one body to another.
HIV can not transmit even through Saliva (mucous) i.e. even if HIV-infected patient coughs or smooches and another person is exposed to his sputum (cough) or saliva, the virus still can not transmit because concentration of virus particles in sputum is almost NIL & exposure to air anyway kills virus in fraction of seconds.
In case an HIV-infected person gets an injury and he is bleeding, the virus can transmit to another person only if another person has a cut / wound in his body & that too when blood from both person comes in contact with each other (this is also very very rare unless bleeding is very high) and not otherwise.
HIV can never survive in any other liquid medium also other than blood or semen.
Even if one drinks an HIV infected blood (or semen) of someone (ingest through Gastro Intestinal track), the virus can not survive in the acidic pH of stomach. Highest extent of acidity is 0 (practically not possible) so imagine 1 as pH which is in our stomach. (This pH can burn your own finger in less than a second if you dip in that acid).
Exposure of less than 1 second in AIR KILLS the HIV virus (hence story of needle pricks in Cinema theatres is crap). Even if blood from a wound (of infected person) dries up (blood clot), the virus dies and can not infect anyone else.
HIV transmission is ONLY an INFECTION i.e. entrance of virus in one's body. It DOES NOT MEAN AIDS.
An HIV-infected person (after entrance of virus) can progress to a condition of AIDS only after 8 to 10 YEARS.
It is not HIV (virus) that kills a human, the virus attacks Immune cells (cells that fight against foreign pathogens / antigens) and hence a person's ability to fight against infections & diseases slowly Diminishes and person ultimately dies of a disease which could be as Simple as TB.
Most importantly, HIV is no longer a dreadful disease, it is "CHRONIC MANAGEABLE DISEASE" just like Diabetes or Hypertension.
If there is anything you need to be careful from to prevent HIV is Unsafe sex, Blood transfusion (check before taking) / Blood donation (Use sterilized needles only) and any blood contact during an accident or so where amount of bleeding is very high.