Saturday, March 1, 2008

Could a mosquito technially pass hiv/aids from one person to another

Could a mosquito technially pass hiv/aids from one person to another?
since mosquitoes aquire the diseases they carry by sucking it from a person's blood, couldn't they suck the blood of a person infected with aids then go bite another person and pass the virus onto them? just wondering b/c i was thinking about it, and it seems plausible, but i've never heard anything aobut it :)
Infectious Diseases - 9 Answers
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1 :
Theoretically yes. Practically, the Aids virus is quite weak, and unless you are doing many unhealthy things you likely won't catch it.
2 :
Well, technically it could, although EXTREMELY unlikely.
3 :
Female mosquitoes don't acquire diseases from those they feed on. They can, however, sometimes carry the pathogens that cause disease. "Could a mosquito technically pass hiv/aids from one person to another?" -- AIDS cannot be transmitted under any circumstances by any one or to anyone. It's the 4th stage of an HIV infection. Stages 1-3 cannot be bypassed. Mosquitoes don't take in enough HI viral particles to do any harm to anyone they feed on after that. Therefore, mosquitoes are not considered to be a means of HIV transmission.
4 :
Umm Im sure its possible Im only 14..so im not sure. lol. sorry!
5 :
yes just like some rats still have the bubonic plague and roaches carry salmonela always wash your dishes before you eat. mosquitos also carry malaria
6 :
They don't acquire the diseases of humans. The viruses and parasite they do carry evolved specifically to replicate in the mosquito. HIV has not. They eat blood, so it is destroyed.
7 :
The virus that caused HIV and AIDS can only live in certain warm-blooded mammals - humans and primates. The virus dies outside of the human body, including inside the body of mosquitoes. This is why you cannot get HIV from a toilet seat. The mosquitoes bodies digest and kill all pathogens to protect the mosquito. Also, not enough pathogens are taken in to start HIV. Lastly, mosquitoes are not 'hypodermic needles'. They do not push the blood out while bringing more in. The virus will not and cannot be transmitted via insect. Andrew Guenther
8 :
The answer is most definitely NO. This possibility was tested in the late 80s and they found that it is not possible. In order for a mosquito to pass an infectious agent on to another person the mosquito must become infected with it themselves. Mosquitoes do not become infected with HIV. I have attached a link to the study below.
9 :
NO!!!! no they cannot!!!!! its a fact!!! the blood hits the air right after and gets dry, not right away, but enough for a mosquito to go to his next victim.

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