If a mosquito stings an AIDS infected person and then you get stung, is it possible that you become infected?
2006-07-24 04:26:43 · 23 answers · asked by weaponspervert 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
No - that was disproved back in the 80's. You can only get aids from sex or sharing a needle or getting a bad blood transfusion. If one could get AIDS from mosquitos there would be many, many more people that have it.
2006-07-24 04:30:26 · answer #1 · answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the most prevalent myths about HIV transmission is that mosquitoes or other bloodsucking insects can infect you. 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 on.
2006-07-24 04:31:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may seem that u can get aids from a mosquito bite since they can carry certain viruses, but no u really can't. They can contract the virus but will die off unlike monkeys. See monkeys are the first ones to be known to hold the virus and scientists still don't understand how. But yet if i can recall i think they got it from a bite. But u might want to look it up since ur on the Internet. But u can't get it so chill out. Just be safe and if none of these answers that u get satisfies u than i suggest to go and ask ur doctor or go down to a clinic and ask them. Don't be ashamed of the question it's just a question plus u don't know them they don't know u and u will probably never see them again. Good luck...
2006-07-24 04:37:36 · answer #3 · answered by sfsk0131 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, impossible. If a bug does bit a human with the AIDS virus it will then inturn get sick and die. Their bodies are not designed for that sort of thing such as diease and sickness. It is also impossible to get AIDS from a misquito seeing is how females are the only ones that need the blood to survive. When the bug bites it does not take the blood that it already has and "spit" it into you. It usesb it before it goes ahead and bites again.
2006-07-24 04:32:58 · answer #4 · answered by dancing_inthe_rusted_rain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No -it's not. And if it were we would be in serious trouble! So don't worry about it. Remember that HIV is a fragile virus that can only be spread by mixing body liquids. Not through mosquito bites, or kisses or things like that.
2006-07-24 04:32:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother is allergic to mosquito bites... (and gnat bites supposedly??) even as he receives one it is going to start up out like a tiny hive... then by ability of the day or some hours it is going to develop into this huge lump and it is totally comfortable! Hmm the benedryl options.. under no circumstances theory-about that for him. i assume try that
2016-11-25 21:26:27 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it takes more than that to get aids. Its comtained in bodily fluids I wondered the same thing a long time ago, but was told that it is not possibly but very good question.
2006-07-24 05:22:24 · answer #7 · answered by life as we know it 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, they are not in the chain of infection. it is hard for the virus to live outside of the human body that is why you do not get it off objects like doorknobs keyboards. yes mosquitos suck blood but their tiny bodies are very different thyan our own.if you are still not convinced wear repellant.
2006-07-24 04:30:58 · answer #8 · answered by loreeliz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you ask a really good question here one which i have often wondered myself... i dont have the answer as i dont believe any of these people may know but judging by some of there answers i dont think they even understand the power of aids or hiv lol great question thou
2006-07-24 06:22:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.... two reasons why... You can't get AIDS from people or bugs. You can only contract HIV. Two, no it isn't possible to get HIV or AIDS from mosquitos.
2006-07-24 04:30:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋