Originally posted by TooFree:
Aids can be transmitted through various means. One of them is through an infected needle.
Well, I was wondering if a mosquito suck blood from a HIV positive person, then wouldn't that makes its sting contaminated. If that is the case,
1. Will it be pass on to the next human?
2. If it doesn't, then its sting might be an antidote against Aids then why wasn't there any cure yet?
1. No/ Extremely unlikely
2. No oso
How would HIV get into a mosquito?First of all, the mosquito would have to bite a person infected with HIV.
This person would also have to be in a stage of infection when HIV particles are in the blood. The amount of infectious HIV particles found in the blood changes over the course of an infection.
The blood taken by the mosquito would have to have HIV particles in it.
How would HIV survive in a mosquito?Since the mosquito is NOT part of the HIV “life cycle”, the transfer of the virus would be entirely up to chance events.
These HIV particles would have to somehow get into the saliva of the mosquito, and then be transferred to a new person.
How would HIV get from a mosquito to you?During a bite, the mosquito injects saliva into your blood. This keeps your blood liquid, and easy for the mosquito to take.
The mosquito drinks, and leaves. Any mosquito saliva left is all that could contain a possible HIV particle. It looks like a mosquito does not transfer much from “meal to meal”.
When you account for each step, the odds are extremely minimal of getting AIDS from a mosquito.
So, you really don't have to worry about getting AIDS from a mosquito bite.
If you're still worried, remember that not one case has ever been documented.
