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Can HIV Be Transmitted Through Pepsi?

hello doctor,

my friend heard a news that, some person working in Pepsi has mixed his HIV infected blood in the cold drinks such as Pepsi and Tropicana. so, we are worried whether we might have any chance of getting HIV through this.



can you please clarify...
Mon, 7 Jul 2014
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No definitely no chance of hiv infection by that route. Moreover hiv virus cannot live outsidd the body environment fof long time.and transmitted by direct blood contact or sexual route or from maternal to child.not by taking food. So dont worry at all. Tropica and pepsi cant cause hiv.
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Can HIV Be Transmitted Through Pepsi?

No definitely no chance of hiv infection by that route. Moreover hiv virus cannot live outsidd the body environment fof long time.and transmitted by direct blood contact or sexual route or from maternal to child.not by taking food. So dont worry at all. Tropica and pepsi cant cause hiv.