食物传播HIV吗？

你无法通过食用由HIV感染者处理的食物感染HIV。即使食物中含有少量的HIV感染者的血液或精液，暴露在空气中、烹饪时的热量以及胃酸都会摧毁病毒。HIV在外部环境中存活时间极短，因此，即便食物受到少量感染者体液的污染，也不具备传染性。

此外，HIV并不是通过普通的日常接触，如一起用餐、共享餐具或食物来传播的。常规的食物处理和烹饪过程足以消灭病毒，降低任何潜在的传播风险。HIV的传播途径主要是通过直接接触感染者的血液、精液、阴道分泌物或乳汁等体液。

虽然非常罕见，但HIV可以通过食用由HIV感染者咀嚼过的食物传播。污染发生在感染者的口腔血液与食物混合的情况下。这种情况仅在婴儿中有过已知案例。

Can HIV Be Spread Through Food?

You cannot get HIV from consuming food that has been handled by an HIV-infected person. Even if the food contained small amounts of HIV-infected blood or semen, exposure to air, the heat from cooking, and stomach acid would destroy the virus. HIV survives for a very short time outside the human body, making it unlikely to transmit through food contact, even if the food is contaminated with a small amount of infected bodily fluids.

Moreover, HIV is not spread through normal day-to-day contact, such as sharing meals, utensils, or food. Routine food handling and cooking processes are enough to eliminate the virus, minimizing any potential risk of transmission. The primary routes of HIV transmission involve direct exposure to infected bodily fluids such as blood, semen, vaginal fluids, or breast milk.

Though extremely rare, HIV can be transmitted by eating food that has been pre-chewed by an HIV-infected person. Contamination happens when infected blood from the caregiver’s mouth mixes with the food during chewing. The only known cases of this happening have been among infants.