Can i catch FIV from cats?

Question:

My cat has been diagnosed with FIV... the feline form of HIV, it has since scratched me and im worried i will be HIV positive.

Answers:
No.
The virus is not capable of crossing over into human cells. It does not have the right proteins to latch onto the glycoproteins on the surface membrane of human cells. (which are very different from those of cats).
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Other Answers:
no

Don't worry. It can't happen.

Thats funny. FIV is not communicable to humans, because it is a FELINE imunodefficiency virus, not HUMAN. In short, you can't get HIV from a cat.

omg, whats the symptoms? some of my cats have been sick!

Doubt it.

no it's not possible

There is no report regarding the spread of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) to man. Hence your anxiety is baseless. However you may keep away from infected cats.

Only if you bite them in the neck..."vampire" ;-)=

No, it can only live in cats bodies. Cats cant catch the human HIV either.

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