Why mosquito cannot spread AIDS?

Answer 1

i found this
Why you don't get AIDS From Mosquitoes
1. HIV the virus that can lead to AIDS does not survive, nor multiply in a mosquito's body.

2. When a mosquito bites you, it literally bites a little hole in your skin and first injects a little bit of special saliva into your skin, preventing the blood to clot. Then in sucks a little bit of blood from the skin. With diseases like Malaria or Dengue fever, the parasite or virus survives in the mosquito’s body, and not only that, it rapidly multiplies and produces new parasites or viruses.

When it bites another person, it has so many parasites or viruses in its body, that they ‘leak’ into other body fluids, like the saliva. The next person will automatically get some of them. In this way other people can also become infected with Malaria or Dengue fever.

Because HIV does not multiply, nor survive in the mosquito, it will not ‘leak’ into any of the body fluids and will only stay in the blood meal and in the digestive channel of the mosquito. Hence, HIV cannot be transmitted though mosquito bites from one person to the next, even if a mosquito bites a person with HIV infection.


3 Epidemiology studies that look at statistics about diseases and its spread, etc. show a direct correlation between mosquito bites and Malaria and Dengue fever but there is no relation between the existence of mosquitoes or mosquito bites and HIV infection.


from this page
http://www.sxmaidsfoundation.org/aids_resources/aids_from_mosquitoes.htm

Answer 2

I have read that it is possible that AIDS can be spread by a mosqiuto but the probability is very very low ( more than 1 in 10 B). HIV can't survive that long in mosquito body. Furthermore, only small amount of blood is transfused during the bite.

Answer 3

If a mosquito can spread the West Nile Virus, then why not HIV?

A mosquito still must bite someone HIV positive. The probability of getting HIV from a mosquito is low. I have not seen research in this area, just speculation.

Answer 4

I don't agree with the Momme Frog's answer.

If the mosquito has something that kills the HIV it would stand to reason that would be transmitted to the Human host as well. It also stands to reason that the research should start there with intention of duplicating the benefit.

I do like your answer. It would seem as though there would an all out campaign against mosquitos, better yet a Holy War.

There is some inconsistency that needs to be addressed.

Answer 5

Once a mosquito takes blood from a person it is quickly digested and then the space fills in with its own blood. Then it goes after another victim and injects its blood into the new victim, not the first persons blood which was consumed.

Answer 6

Funny, but you CANNOT get AIDS/HIV through heredity. It can be spread from mother to unborn child since they share bodily fluids.

Also, the HIV virus is strong inside your body, but does not fare too well outside of the body. THANKFULLY, otherwise it might be spread through casual contact, like shaking hands, or airborne.

Answer 7

mosquito cant inject virus, but it injects plasmodium,filarial worms etc. into the human body. HIV are spread by other means to cause aids.

Answer 8

Age-old question man.

HIV can't survive in the mosquito's body, Thankfully. God is not all that cruel. Imagine the consequences...

Answer 9

Apparently the mosquito's digestive juices kill the virus...

Answer 10

the answer is because a mosquito sucks in blood from your body to his body. it does not send any blood from himself to you.