How long does HIV live in semen and is dried positive semen still infectious?

Does anyone know how long the HIV virus can live in semen and still be able to infect a person? If the semen is HIV positive, but dried, say on a carpet, a couch's upholstery or a piece of paper, can someone still be infected by it? If the dried semen gets wet, is it possible for any virus to be re-animated and be infectious again?

Please let me know, any knowledge would greatly be appreciated.

Thanks!

It is not possible to be infected this way. Once HIV is outside the body, exposed to air, it only survives for a few minutes. Once any fluids containing the virus are dried, the virus is already dead. Making it wet again will not make it infectious again.

(The reason that blood in syringes, whether fresh or dried, continues to be infectious is that the syringe is an airtight environment in which the virus can survive for longer periods of time.)

HIV is transmited via blood. Once the virus is outside the body in a dry form, it dies immediately(within 3 seconds). Even in a wet state, it does not live long when exposed to heat, detergents, or disinfectants.

the HIV virus is very fragile once it is outside of the human body. when it is exposed to the air, it dies in about 2 hours. so, dried semen will only have dead HIV cells. you are safe.

few minutes....exposure to air, light, and heat kills it

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