Can Mosquitos Spread Hiv Aids

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can mosquitoes spread AIDS?

through mosquitos aids can be transfered?...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

There is no evidence that this can happen.... Read more »

Mosquitoes and HIV

Dear Brooks, I understand from my husband that mosquitoes can spread HIV from an infected HIV person to a healthy person. Is that true?...

Response from Brooks Jackson, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

There has never been a reported case of this type of transmission. I think that it is extremely unlikely.BJ... Read more »

AIDS and mosquitoes

why is AIDS not spread through a mosquito bite?...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

This question has been already answered many times on "thebody.com". Please go to the section entitled Search Thebody. If you put in the key word "mosquitoes", you will see the answer to this very important question.... Read more »

HIV infeced mosquito

Hi Dr. if the mosquto bites to an HIV infected person and it can sucked nere about one drop of blood after this the mosquto enters into my mouth and broken.now the HIV infected blood is present in my mouth then what will be the chancess of hiv...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

This has been a question that has been around since HIV was first discovered.The answer is that there is no evidence that HIV can be spread by mosquitoes.HIV cannot replicate (copy itself) inside insects, so it does not survive for long in them.Also... Read more »

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mosquito bites??

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I heard mosquitoes can't transmit hiv, and I hope its true. Because I was definitely bitten by the same one as an hiv+ person. We were in a small room and there was only one mosquito in there and it bit both of us within about 1 minute. I am scared,... Read more »

Is the triple cocktail helping to spread AIDS?

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

I've written what is currently the only computer application solely dedicated to the mathematical analysis of HIV. It's called HIV pathogenesis modeler, and can be downloaded at:
http://www.agmh.org/softw.htm

While using the SI model in the program, I... Read more »

spread aids................ NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by daisey6205, 5 Replies

just a note to update you all.
it has been a hell of a long i have traveled in the last year and a half. i have come to realize that the best friends i have are the ones i have never even met... those here that continually pray for my safety and... Read more »

Stop AIDS denialists from spreading their message!

Posted by Robert1, 3 Replies

Denialism is getting some attention again.

Brent Leung and David Syner who made a silly film called The House of Numbers <http://houseofnumbers.com> will be on the Derek and Romaine show Monday August 31. http://www.siriusoutq.com/

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