2006-08-31 05:27:11 · 7 answers · asked by Shuba K 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
HIV infection eventually results in AIDS as I'm sure you know. So it is the transmission of the virus that we're intersted in. As others have mentioned its a notoriously fragile virus. It can not survive outside the human body. In the mosquito's gut it will be exposed to a hostile environment needed for the mosquito to digest its meal. On top of this the change in pH and temperature will help to destroy the virus.
Also only a very small portion of the mosquito's previous meal is regurgitated when it sucks blood from a new host. Put these factors together and the chances of infection through mosquitos becomes tiny.
2006-08-31 06:00:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AIDS or HIV can be spread though mosquito bites. The liberals say it is not true BUT ask them - as a research tool - to stand naked in a room filled with mosquitoes who have feasted on AIDS patients. You would not get a single person to do that - even as a scientific theory they were trying to disprove.
The bottom line is that you can get AIDS from mosquito bites.
2006-08-31 13:35:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aids is not spread. The virus, HIV, which causes AIDS is spead. Nowadays the term AIDS is rarely used as modern medications result in fewer people having the condition, AIDS refers to the end stages of life caused from having irrepreable damage to the bodies immune system caused by HIV.
2006-08-31 12:38:38 · answer #3 · answered by snapdragon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The AIDS virus is surprisingly fragile and probably cannot survive in mosquitos.
2006-08-31 12:33:17 · answer #4 · answered by Jazz In 10-Forward 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because once a mosquito bites one person, it doesn't need any more blood. Only the females bite because they need the blood to develop their eggs. Or, maybe they have a natural antioxidant in their bodies. If that's the case, we should use them for a preventative or a cure.
2006-08-31 12:39:10 · answer #5 · answered by shermynewstart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the body temp is too cold for the virus to survive
2006-08-31 12:32:21 · answer #6 · answered by l2wh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've wondered about that too, Shuba.
2006-08-31 12:51:43 · answer #7 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋