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HIV/AIDS and Mosquitoes?


I've being wondering. It is said that one cannot contract HIV/AIDS from a mosquito bite after it has bitten an HIV/AIDS patient. How is that possible? could it be that the HIV/AIDS virus cannot survive in a mosquito? If so why can't some scientist find the particular product that causes the virus not to be destroyed in the mosquito and use it in human treatment? Just thinking and would love feedback from people.

The mosquito may contain HIV, however, a bite does not contain enough of the virus to be contracted by a human.

The virus will not enter our body even if we are bitten my a mosquito which has bitten a person with HIV/AIDS because the blood is store in a cavity in its body, blood only enters but not leaves, so our blood will never come into contact with the infected blood. I think the mosquitoes cannot destroy the virus, it is still affected by it,, but anyhow mosquitoes have a short life, so the effects of the virus are not significant. Hope this answers your questions :)

Answer:
Many people think of HIV when they think of mosquitoes because they do suck our blood and move from person to person. Remember that HIV is a fragile virus that dies quickly outside the human body. It requires the fluid it is in to remain liquid for it to stay alive. This wouldn't be the case if it entered a mosquito. As a live bug, the mosquito is different from an IV drug needle, where a small amount of infected blood can be extracted from an infected person, remain unexposed to air or light, and be injected into another person unknowingly if the needle is shared before the blood dries. No digestive juices here.

If mosquitoes spread HIV we'd all be infected

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