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Good evening sir. Is there any chance to transmit hiv by finger nails scratches from hiv positive person to negative person? Please help me.
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No unless blood to blood is exchanged.
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Scratching of people through nails is not going to spread HIV unless blood passes between the infected person and the person being scratched
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