2006-09-21 03:18:00 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
That is how Aids orginally spread. It was first monkeys who where infected in Africa and where bitten by mosquitoes who spread the virus.
So theoratically speaking you can, however the chances of that happening is very rare since first the mosquito must have suckd blood from an HIV carrier, secondly that same mosquito lands on someone who doesnt have it and suck out some more blood. Given the life cycle of mosquiotes. (They only live a couple of days) Chances are very slim but it could happen
2006-09-21 03:23:21 · answer #1 · answered by IbelieveNU 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Definitely not! I lived in nigeria for 15 years, got malaria about 10 times and had loads of mosquito bites and I dont have aids or hiv. mosquitoes dont spread the virus. It doesnt survive in the mosquitos body for some reason. Don't really know the biology but u certainly cannot get aids from mosquitoes.
2006-09-21 11:30:21 · answer #2 · answered by zhara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HIV is a very host specific virus. It can not live in a mosquito. It requires a mammalian environment.
2006-09-21 10:21:25 · answer #3 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If AIDS or HIV cannot live outside a host that is a mammal, then how is it transmitted by contaminated needles?
2006-09-23 02:18:26 · answer #4 · answered by ac 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, the virus doesnt live outside the human host in a mosquito
2006-09-21 13:09:01 · answer #5 · answered by R R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no because the virus cannot live outside the human body and a mosquito is not a human body..
2006-09-21 23:58:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say yes because the mosquitos that bite those who have
those diseases are carrying some of that blood with them and
then they bite someone that doesn't have it ... and sure i don't see
why not its kinda like sharing a needle with someone who is infected
2006-09-21 10:22:31 · answer #7 · answered by inureyewithsalt 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No the virus dies in the mosquito's digestive system.
2006-09-21 10:20:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the government says no, but then they carry yellow fever and westniles so why not aids
2006-09-21 10:22:05 · answer #9 · answered by seilygirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. mosquitos bite all kinds of people. one could bite an infected person and then bite you. its kinda rare tho. so don't worry.
2006-09-21 10:20:48 · answer #10 · answered by thee wojc 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋