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Can You Get Hiv From A Human Bite?
Human bites are usually caused by one person biting another, although they may result from a situation in which one person comes into contact with another person's teeth.
In a fight, for example, one person's knuckles may come into contact with another person's teeth, and if the impact breaks the skin, the injury would be considered a bite.
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Bites - human
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Human bites that break the skin, like all puncture wounds, have a high risk of infection. They also...
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