Can you get AIDs/HIV from kissing?
Open-mouth kissing is considered a very low-risk activity for the transmission of HIV. But prolonged open-mouth kissing could damage the mouth or lips and allow HIV to pass from an infected person to a partner.
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About HIV
HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency virus. It is a lentivirus (a member of the retrovirus family) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections.
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