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En Español
On the Cheek:
HIV is not transmitted casually, so kissing on the cheek is very
safe. Even if the other person has the virus, your unbroken skin is a good
barrier. No one
has become infected from such ordinary social contact as dry kisses, hugs,
and handshakes.
Open-Mouth Kissing:
Open-mouth kissing is considered a very low-risk activity
for the transmission of HIV. However, prolonged open-mouth kissing could
damage the mouth or lips
and allow HIV to pass from an infected person to a partner and then enter
the body through cuts or sores in the mouth. Because of this possible risk,
the
CDC recommends against open-mouth kissing with an infected partner.
One
case suggests that a woman became infected with HIV from her sex partner
through exposure to contaminated blood during open-mouth kissing.
For more
information refer to the July 11, 1997, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report “Transmission
of HIV Possibly Associated with Exposure of Mucous Membrane to Contaminated
Blood” located at
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00048364.htm.
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