2006-08-19 03:13:41 · 20 answers · asked by frankie1212 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
A lot of apprehension prevails regarding the spread of HIV infection through a mosquito bite. It has been established that MOSQUITOES CAN NOT SPREAD HIV OR AIDS.
2006-08-19 06:06:50 · answer #1 · answered by doctor2 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
HIV infection is not spread by casual contact such as hugging, by touching items previously touched by a person infected with the virus, during participation in sports, or "by mosquitoes".
Please see the webpages for more details on AIDS.
2006-08-19 17:25:27 · answer #2 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently not - the mosquito saliva contains enzymes which digest certain proteins in blood - so the retrovirus seems to get digested along with the blood. That said; some diseases like malaria have adapted to this and HIV may change in some way to allow it to be transmitted this way in the future.
2006-08-19 03:26:28 · answer #3 · answered by Michael Darnell 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm no expert, but if a mosquito can carry the West Nile virus I feel that it certainly can carry the AIDS virus. So my answer is yes.
2006-08-19 03:21:03 · answer #4 · answered by smax 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with smaxwell, I really don't see why not.
But if a Vampire bites an AIDS victim, will he get aids or harbor it? How does it affect the undead perhaps they carry a mystical cure!
2006-08-19 03:23:12 · answer #5 · answered by xenobyte72 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know, I have wondered the same in the past. But the answer is no. Mosquitoes carry their own diseases. Aids is a species type disease (human to human; cat to cat etc.) The world is not that cruel and unfair. (yet).
2006-08-22 08:21:37 · answer #6 · answered by kiteeze 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope,through unprotected sex or blood for eg.when u hv an open sore and the person with aids has an open sore and you contact each other
2006-08-19 03:20:27 · answer #7 · answered by loveberry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I would think so. Mosquito's carry very many different types of diseases.
2006-08-23 01:19:14 · answer #8 · answered by ride2cowboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, viral load carried by the mosquito isn't enough to give you AIDS/HIV.
2006-08-19 04:57:21 · answer #9 · answered by johnavaro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would agree with smallmax, and I think I have heard that it's possible, as mozzies carry numerous others dieses. Aids is widespread in Africa, it can't be just sex that has made is so widespread?
2006-08-19 03:54:33 · answer #10 · answered by Breeze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋