Can Any bug Give You Aids?

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Answer 1

The short answer is no... and that even applies for those people suggesting a mosquito might give you HIV.

The quantity of the virus needed to successfully infect a human (and no, just one copy won't do it, sorry) is much more than a mosquito could transfer to you by biting you.

If you want a plain, no-nonsense explanation of just why mosquitos can't transmit HIV, go here:

http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~insects/aids.htm

Or straight to the CDC's article on the subject here:

http://www.cdc.gov/HIV/pubs/faq/faq32.htm

Or if you prefer, you can also check with Yale's medical research department and see what they have to say here:

http://yaleph.com/archive/vol1no3/fact.html

And NO, the government IS NOT "covering up" the fact mosquitos can transmit HIV. It genuinely cannot be done.

Those who are suggesting it can be transmitted through these means, if you'll notice, are quick to tell you to panic, but none seem to have produced any proof to back up their claims. I would politely suggest until they have documented, clinical proof to demonstrate their claims, they refrain from making them (and these articles explain exactly why a mosquito's proboscis is NOT a "needle" which can transmit HIV, thanks).

Besides, do you really think it's logical that the government would cover up a method of HIV transmission? The United States government? The "all gay people have AIDS, don't let infected people within twenty feet of your children, don't let them share the same spoon, we still won't let perfectly healthy gay people donate blood or organs because we're afraid they're all carrying HIV even though we test all the blood and organs we harvest well in advance so we know before it enters the population whether or not it's infected, but we're still scared to death of them" United States government?

When has the United States government, or mass media, for that matter, ever been known to try to AVOID causing a panic about HIV and AIDS? Usually they do just the opposite.

What's more, you do have to bear in mind that if the government was trying to "not cause a panic" about the dangers of disease transmission through mosquitoes, they wouldn't warn people of all the other horrible and potentially fatal diseases which can be contracted through a mosquito bite (west nile virus, viral encephalitis, dengue fever, malaria, etc). Government authorities and medical professionals are all very open about the fact such diseases CAN be transmitted, though. They're also just as open about what safety precautions can be taken to prevent the spread of the disease, if possible. Why be so open about everything else, but so secretive about this?

Most "conspiracy theories" make no true sense, but this one about mosquitoes being able to transmit HIV... well, to quote another poster here "only the naive believe this".

Answer 2

Mosquitos
Don't believe the propoganda. Mosquitos can give you aids. They have a hypodermic needle on their face. It is no different than sharing a needle with an infected person. The government doesn't want mass panic so they cover this up. Private tests have shown that the blood left over in the tip of a mosquitos needle can transmit aids.
The cover is to prevent mass panic. Only the naive believe this. For every argument about why a used needle can affect you also applies to a mosquitos needle. It is a NEEDLE. Plain and simple.

Most people shoo away the mosquito before it is finished eating, so therefore it travels immediately to another person to feed.
As long as the virus can survive in an infected needle it can survive on the tip of a mosquitos needle.
Providing links to the propaganda websites is not proof.
If you are also NAIVE enough to believe that a mosquito does not hold enough of the infected blood to tranmit the virus, then prove it by pricking yourself with the same amount of infected blood. I know you would not do this because deep down inside you KNOW that there is a possibility that you could get AIDS.

Answer 3

No Hiv doesnt reproduce in insects>
There is no scientific evidence to support this claim. To see why mosquitos don't aid in the transmission of HIV, we can look at the insect's biting behavior.

When a mosquito bites someone, it does not inject its own blood or the blood of an animal or person it has bitten into the next person it bites. The mosquito does inject saliva, which acts as a lubricant so that it can feed more effectively. Yellow fever and malaria can be transmitted through the saliva, but HIV does not reproduce in insects, so the virus doesn't survive in the mosquito long enough to be transmitted in the saliva.

Additionally, mosquitoes don't normally travel from one person to another after ingesting blood. The insects need time to digest the blood meal before moving

Answer 4

There is no scientific evidence to support that AIDS can be transmitted by insects. If mosquitoes could transmit HIV infection, many more young children and preadolescents would have been diagnosed with AIDS.

Answer 5

As many previously said, it is quite possible to catch AIDS through mosquitos with infected blood.
A major mistake would be to associate AIDS with the sole sexual transmission.

Answer 6

AIDS can only be passed through blood or genital fluids, so the only bugs that can spread AIDS are bloodsuckers, such as mosquitos.

Answer 7

Never heard of it,I had this one bug and they multiplied and now there everywhere now I'm scared ,cause what if they have aids.?lol

Answer 8

not insects but at last it depends on the bug ! yes if the bug is a big guy (human body ) ,

Answer 9

Risk for acquisition of HIV by
1) Blood Transfusion
2) Childbirth
3) Needle-sharing injection drug use
4) Receptive anal intercourse
5) Percutaneous needle stick
6) Receptive penile-vaginal intercourse
7) Insertive anal intercourse
8) Insertive penile-vaginal intercourse
9) Receptive oral intercourse
10) Insertive oral intercourse

Answer 10

yes if a mosquito bites someone with AIDS then bites you it is possible that is can pass AIDS onto you