HIV Question

[RetroGroove_Grrl]

Can you get HIV from mosquitoes?

[Davino]

no

[wiggy]

Can I get HIV from mosquitoes?
No. From the start of the HIV epidemic there has been concern about HIV transmission from biting and bloodsucking insects, such as mosquitoes. However, studies conducted by the CDC and elsewhere have shown no evidence of HIV transmission from mosquitoes or any other insects - even in areas where there are many cases of AIDS and large populations of mosquitoes. Lack of such outbreaks, despite intense efforts to detect them, supports the conclusion that HIV is not transmitted by insects.

[Trickster]

The most common ways to contract the HIV virus is through sharing of needles, unprotected sex and blood transfusions.