Mosquitoes carry disease-causing viruses and parasites from person to person without catching the disease themselves. The mosquito that bites an infected person and then bites an uninfected person might leave traces of virus or parasite from the infected person's blood. The infected blood is injected through, or on, the "dirty" probiscus into the uninfected person's blood and the disease is thus spread from person to person. When a mosquito bites, she also injects saliva and anti-coagulants into the blood which may also contain disease-causing viruses or other parasites. This cycle can be interrupted by killing the mosquitoes, isolating infected people from all mosquitoes while they are infectious or vaccinating the exposed population.
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2007-07-14 01:30:37 · 9 answers · asked by Calvin James Hammer 6 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
HIV cannot survive in a mosquito, in fact it cannot survive outside the human body for very long. There have been no documented cases of this ever happening, not even in areas where both HIV and mosquitoes are prevalent.
2007-07-14 02:03:25 · answer #1 · answered by kyle d 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-21 01:12:25 · answer #2 · answered by Fausto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To date, there is not one single verifyable case of a mosquito infecting a person with the HIV virus.
It takes a much larger dose of the virus than can be transmitted by a mosquito to infect a healthy person with HIV. Also, being a very weak virus, it is unlikely to even survive after coming in contact with the mosquito's digestive enzymes.
2007-07-14 01:40:55 · answer #3 · answered by searchpup 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
There have been no documented cases of HIV beging transmitted by a mosquito. However, I've had my suspicions about the POSSIBILITY for years. Especially considering the fact that the virus mutates regularly. I really don't understand why it ISN'T transmitted with mosquito bites. It's like using a dirty needle.
2007-07-14 01:37:20 · answer #4 · answered by Yinzer from Sixburgh 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in theory, i guess they could. but ive never heard of a misquito carrying the HIV virus before. i don't think it can survive on a mosquito. viruses always have to be doing something, they just can't sit around and wait. they have to be searching for a host, or doing something like that. and i also believe that the HIV virus changes ever so slightly from one case to the next, so it would be improbable for a misquito to get it.
hope this helps :)
2007-07-14 01:41:02 · answer #5 · answered by base2ball2boy2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dolan has no clue what he's conversing approximately. HIV/AIDS isn't merely a sexually transmitted ailment. you additionally can get it with the aid of sharing needles and blood transfusions. Im unsure approximately mosquitos nevertheless.
2016-10-01 14:25:06 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what i know,
The virus cannot survive in the body of a mosquito
I am fairly sure i am correct as i read this in my human biology text book, but i could be wrong
hope this has helped
2007-07-14 01:35:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they told the truth people wouldn't go outside. Come on! They carry malaria and every other disease
WAKE UP :)~
2007-07-14 01:40:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No.
2007-07-14 06:08:39 · answer #9 · answered by TweetyBird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋