Can you get AIDS by eating a HIV infected person?

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Jeez	I cant believe you are even asking such a question! I wonder what triggered your question. Anyway i dont think you can get it. As for that guy who says "AIDS originally came from African monkeys. Many people eat monkeys in Africa". I dont know what to say to you. You are so ignorant!!!!! Go and do your proper research on AIDS! People like you are misleading... Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Willowjac	Oh WOW ! You could be like, totally serious.! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

funkidori	I imagine its just random thought that popped into your head? I get those all the time, though not usually about this kinda thing though haha. HIV while being a destructive virus to the human body is extremely weak. It survives only 5 minutes in blood outside the body and is destroyed by stomach acids. So the answer is no, you can’t contract it by eating a person with HIV. However, you do run one risk, that is, if there are any cuts or sores in your mouth or oesophagus and you consume HIV, you have a great chance of contracting it. Mad Cow Disease, or Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis is not a virus, but a prion. This is a complicated thing, but think of it as a piece of protein that when it contacts other proteins (which we are made of) will change them! This resultsin a brain that is so destroyed by the prion that it resembles a sponge (hence its name.) Also. prions cannot be destroyed or sterilized by any known means. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

hotdogsarefree	if /u eat an HIV+ / person / you/ would get /HIV /not aids / when / your / done eating / one / get tested / 6 months /down the road /and let /me /know /if you /tested / positive Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

RNcalledEd	AIDS originally came from African monkeys. Many people eat monkeys in Africa. There might be some data about HIV transmission in relation to eating monkeys. Don't know if it would hold for humans too, but it's likely as close as your gonna get. If we should meet on the streets, please don't ever, EVER tell me why you wanted to know this... Best, Ed, RN Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

IgW	i wonder... you're more concerned on contracting HIV than eating your own kind? either way... its not healthy Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Georgie	What a seriously gross thought! It is unlikely you will contract HIV eating a cooked person with HIV, but don't try it as the risk is not worth it. Also cannibalism is illegal, and so is murder. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

t0m_s_1	o gee....i certainly hope u cant....... Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Anthony F	Can you even believe some of the answers to this question, which is completely tongue in cheek. It is either that some people don't have a sense of humor, or have lived a completely sheltered life. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Brit	Isnt it transferred by blood? So if there was still blood from the infected person and you ingested the person I would think so. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

RevPeter3rd	You're a freak... Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

dedum	HIV if the person were butchered immediately, then the potential to become infected would be greatest during the butchering process (the same risk as butchering a SIV positive ape/monkey). Viable HIV was found in blood cultures of 4 cadavers stored under non-refrigerated conditions up to 36 hours after death. http://www.springerlink.com/content/r24245185v33r875/ Soo, I would say, just to be safe, do not be the person butchering the cadaver... It would be safe to assume that well cooked flesh would not transfer the virus, but up until it was well cooked, there would be a risk of it still being contagious. This was a rather dark, but interesting question. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No