If there are still droplets of the other persons blood on the gnat, surely that can be inserted into your blood stream?
2007-05-04 04:03:02 · 8 answers · asked by Lar 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
No. The AIDS virus has to have a blood to blood or body fluid to body fluid transaction; sex, kissing, contact with a body or sprayed with body fluids or blood. The AIDS virus cannot live for more than a few minutes on its own.
2007-05-04 04:08:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good question and one that I have asked in general myself..ie; not on answers...
I have watched David Attenborough and those wildlife/science shows where it shows you in slow motion and in great detail a gnat biting and it does go right down into the vein...yet I was told No, you cant catch anything, I didnt believe it then and I dont now...
I would say it is possible though i have no evidence to back it up...except maybe how quickly AIDS has spread in Africa, where incidentally they have loads of mosquitoes!
2007-05-04 04:14:36 · answer #2 · answered by lilywort 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother is allergic to mosquito bites... (and gnat bites supposedly??) while he gets one it somewhat is going to start up out like a tiny hive... then in the process the day or some hours it turns into this huge lump and it somewhat is totally gentle! Hmm the benedryl concepts.. in no way concept-approximately that for him. i assume attempt that
2016-12-17 03:52:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been varying answers to this and the most popular is no you cannot be infected this way. Always better to be safe than sorry so make sure you have a repellent on and wear cover up clothing.
2007-05-04 04:10:32 · answer #4 · answered by SYJ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if period between bites is small i would believe you could. just look at how easily malaria spreads. although this question has been asked a lot virologist don't seem to have a definitive answer.
2007-05-07 12:00:41 · answer #5 · answered by johnfrancis 01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short answer, yes. Unlikely, but it can happen.
Another good reason to protect yourself from bites!
2007-05-04 04:06:32 · answer #6 · answered by Natalie B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there were any real chance of it being vectored that way we'd probably all have it by now.
2007-05-04 04:13:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is near impossibly to be tranmitted by mosquitos
2007-05-04 04:11:21 · answer #8 · answered by jefferson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋