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Mosquitoes and AIDS

December 29, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Can mosquito cause AIDS, and why? ANSWER No, HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) cannot be transmitted via mosquitoes. When the virus was first discovered, there was a fear that it could be transmitted via the blood ingested by mosquitoes as they feed between humans. However, it was shown very quickly that the virus was too unstable to survive within the mosquito, and so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: AIDS, blood, blood meal, breast milk, child birth, HIV, intravenous needles, mosquitoes, semen, unprotected sexual contact, vaginal fluid

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