can HIV be transmitted via mosquito bite?

[ElFenix]

just wondering

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Yes.

 

[ohtwell]

Nope!

I think that it used to be believed that it was possible but now scientists know better.


: ) Amanda

 

[Atlantean]

I don't think so, malaria can, but I have never heard of a case where HIV was transmitted by a mosquito bite. I think the virus dies like 2 minutes after being inside a body.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: ohtwell
Nope!

I think that it used to be believed that it was possible but now scientists know better.


: ) Amanda

doh

 

[Zugzwang152]

pwned!

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Atlantean
I don't think so, malaria can, but I have never heard of a case where HIV was transmitted by a mosquito bite. I think the virus dies like 2 minutes after being inside a body.

destruction by UVs or what?

 

[Mark R]

There are some important factors which have proven that AIDS is not transmitted by mosquito bite. These factors are: (1) AIDS virus can not replicate inside the mosquito, bed bug, flea, or other blood sucking insect and the lack of replication of HIV in arthropod cells due to lack of T4 antigen on cell surface, and (2) it is unlikely that HIV is transmitted by insects, given the low infectivity of HIV and the short survival of the virus in the mosquito. HIV appears to be much less easily transmitted probably due to lower titers of virus in body fluids. So, on the basis of experimental evidence and probability estimates, it has been concluded that the likelihood of mechanical or biological transmission of HIV by insects is virtually nonexistent. (Iqbal, 1999)

 

[Analog]

hmmm, I wouldn't risk it

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
hmmm, I wouldn't risk it

Yeah, better stay inside 24 hours a day encased in a mosquito-proof plastic bubbble.

 

[SoylentGreen]

That would really, really suck if it could.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
hmmm, I wouldn't risk it

Bubble boy rocks.

 

[Vette73]

Welcome to the 80's...

And you can't get it from a toilet seat either, unless it is covered in blood and you have gapping cuts or wounds on your butt

 

[Sketcher]

I think you can get it from a PM if you're AV isn't up to par.

 

[Howard]

Nope. The HIV virus does not reproduce in insects, nor does it live very long. Also, mosquitoes go off to rest after digesting blood, so it's not like you'll be sharing AIDS with your happy camper friend.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
hmmm, I wouldn't risk it

Bubble boy rocks.

Copycat Chump rocks.