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No, mosquitoes drink and consume the blood. They don't inject it into a new person. No one has ever gotten HIV from a mosquito. The short answer is that you cannot get HIV from a mosquito bite.
The mosquito itself cannot be infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. It cannot spread the virus from one human to another. HIV can be ingested by a mosquito, but it can't infect the mosquito and replicate in it, so the mosquito can't spread HIV. Mosquitoes lack the ability to transmit the HIV virus.
Mosquito-HIV transmission has become the ultimate QTND (question that never dies!). See below for a small sampling of what's in the archives.
Your HIV risk from smashing a blood-filled mosquito on your leg is exactly zero! There is a technical scientific explanation why this is the case, but it's rather tedious. It involves what happens to HIV once it leaves the human host and enters the mosquito. In addition, there would not be enough HIV to cause an infection via this route. Please note we've been monitoring HIV for over 27 years. This question has been studied from every possible angle. Mosquitoes don't transmit HIV.
That is not enough blood to give you HIV. There must be a significant amount for you to get infected and a mosquito cannot give you HIV/AIDS. Besides, the blood doesn't go directly into your bloodstream because the blood from the mosquito might be going into your muscle, fatty layer, etc. It just doesn't work with something as small as a mosquito.
HIV does not survive long enough to be transmitted from person to person by a mosquito bite.
The disease does not work like that. AIDS attacks cells as a retrovirus. So, it basically works backwards. That and the mosquito has enzymes that break down certain viruses and bacteria. Also, usually after one feast, the mosquito is at its fill. The blood would need to be injected into your body, which is not what happens during a mosquito bite.
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∙ 12y agoThat is a BIG no. Mosquitoes can not transfer HIV. Mosquitoes don't take the blood of one infected person and put it in another. It sucks up the blood and puts in it's saliva. If you want to read about, here's the link I found it on.
It's on the left of the page, it says "HIV and mosquitoes"
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∙ 14y agoYes. Malaria is spread by the bite of the Anophelesmosquito.
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Can fleas spread HIV?
Insects such as mosquitoes, flies, ticks, fleas, bees, and wasps cannot spread HIV. If an insect bites a person with HIV, the virus dies as the insect digests the blood. HIV is only able to live in human cells.
Is it true that HIV also infects the blood of mosquitoes and dogs and can be spread by dog bites and mosquito bites?
No, HIV cannot be spread to humans from mosquito bites or dog bites. There are no animals that can infect humans with the HIV virus by biting or scratching them.
Can mosquitoes spread sexual transmitted diseases?
There is no STD that mosquitoes spread.
How HIV is constracted and spreed?
It is only spread by bodily fluids mixing and even sex, or sharing needles it doesn't spread in saliva however. Blood sucking animals like leeches and mosquitoes can't spread it either.
Can AIDS and HIV be spread by insects?
No, HIV can only be transferred through humans. All the rumours about insects being able to carry HIV are false!No. Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic This was of concern. Studies conducted by the CDC and elsewhere have shown no evidence of HIV transmission from mosquitoes or other insects and have concluded that insects do not transmit HIV.
Can HIV virus be destroyed by mosquitoes?
I think there must be some relations between mosquitoes and HIV virus because this virus cannot survive in the body of mosquitoes.There may be something that destroyed the virus in the mosquito's body.I think we should do research on the internal and external structure of the mosquito and its physiology.
How is HIV spread though genetics?
HIV is an infectious disease. It is not spread through genetics.
Do any types of mosquitoes carry lice?
No, mosquitoes do not carry lice, however mosquitoes carry many diseases e.g. malaria and HIV/AIDS as do lice.
Why mosquito does not spread maleria?
Diseases spread by mosquitoes need to be able to replicate inside the mosquito. Not all viruses, bacteria, or other organisms are capable of replicating in mosquitoes. Malaria and Dengue and Yellow fever have part of their life cycle in mosquitoes, and are able to infect them and replicate in them. HIV, on the other hand, cannot replicate in mosquitoes, because it has no proteins with which to bind to any mosquito cells. HIV can be ingested by a mosquito, but it can't infect the mosquito and replicate in it, so the mosquito can't spread HIV. Not all viruses are carried by mosquitos.
Do mosquitoes spread chikungunya?
yes
How was disease spread in the colonies?
mosquitoes
Can hiv spread by breath in room?
HIV can't be spread by breathing. It is a bloodborne, not airborne, pathogen.
