2006-07-02 06:20:27 · 15 answers · asked by ga juicy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
No it can't. Before going on my vacation abroad last year I did some research on that issue. I did read a particular (asian) newspaper that says you can but after further research I realize the magazine was giving false information in order to scare people off from traveling to certain parts of the country. The musquito have a substance in them that does not allow to them to pass on the virus.
2006-07-02 06:32:27 · answer #1 · answered by Plumeriaessence 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. No evidence to support that likelihood exists. If HIV infected blood is taken by a mosquito the virus is digested (killed) inside the body of the mosquito. If a mosquito takes a partial HIV infected blood meal from a person and then immediately feeds on an ininfected person, there would not be enough HIV particles present to transmit the disease. In fact, it is highly unlikely (1 in 10 million chance) there would even be a single unit of HIV present. Finally, for a mosquito to be able to carry AIDS, the disease would need to pass from the gut of the mosquito to the salivary glands where it would later be injected into the next host. This is quite a long and extensive process even with diseases that flourish in mosquitoes (like encephalitis). Here's a link which you may find useful: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1378/mosquito.html
2006-07-02 13:34:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I was told was that if you have unprotected anal intercourse with a mosquito who has HIV, then you can get HIV. The speaker was pointing out the ridiculousness of the worry about getting HIV from mosquitos. I have no idea WHY you don't get HIV from a mosquito who has recently bitten someone with HIV, but apparently you can't--the mosquito does not pass HIV to you.
2006-07-02 13:28:37 · answer #3 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard from some TV show that mosquito's can not carrier the HIV virus.
2006-07-02 13:24:32 · answer #4 · answered by diciccos351 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think I might have inadvertently started this urban myth in the early 80's when I first saw the size of Brasilian mosquitoes and asked the same question. I was told 'no' by numerous people who didn't seem at all certain at that time. I haven't heard of any proven transmission cases in the intervening 24 years. So no, probably, but then there is mutation...
2006-07-02 13:29:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the HIV virus doesn't survive long enough to be transmitted by a mosquito.
2006-07-02 13:24:57 · answer #6 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know I have always wondered this myself, suppose the mosquito bit someone with HIV then bit you. The thought of it scares me.
2006-07-02 13:24:22 · answer #7 · answered by Backwoods Barbie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but they pass on the West Nile Virus.
2006-07-02 13:24:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In theory, yes.
2006-07-02 13:23:41 · answer #9 · answered by Gravy Czar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
possibly
2006-07-02 13:24:36 · answer #10 · answered by fdrsnail 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋