Can a person be exposed to HIV by hugging or shaking hands with an infected person?

HIV is not spread through casual contact such as hugging or shaking hands. Sweat does not transmit HIV, and the virus is not ordinarily present on the surface of unbroken skin in a way that can infect someone. Therefore, the correct choice is “no, because none of the bodily fluids that carry the virus are on the surface of the skin.”

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