How Mosquitos Cannot Transmit Hiv/Aids
How Mosquitos Cannot Transmit HIV/AIDS
Many people were concerned that diseases such as HIV and AIDS can be transmitted to another person by mosquitos. The media released the subject concerning the possibility of mosquitoes transmitting AIDS/HIV were common when the disease was first recognized. The media was quick to jumping into conclusions without having their facts straight. That’s why many people believe mosquitos are the main reason for spreading AIDS/HIV. However, it is not true. The results of experiments and observations of insect biting behavior indicate that when an insect bites a person, it does not inject its own or a previously bitten person's or animal's blood into the next person bitten. Instead, it injects saliva, which acts as a lubricant or anticoagulant so the insect can feed efficiently. Since the pathogens that can cause diseases such as yellow fever and malaria exist in saliva they are transmitted through the saliva during feeding process of bloodsucking insects. When a mosquito transmits a disease agent from one person to another, the infectious agent must remain alive inside the mosquito until transfer is completed. If the mosquito digests the parasite, the transmission cycle is terminated and the parasite cannot be passed on to the next host. However, HIV lives for only a short time inside an insect and, unlike organisms that are transmitted via insect bites; HIV does not survive and reproduce in insects. Thus, even if the virus enters a mosquito or another sucking or biting insect, the insect does not become infected and cannot transmit HIV to the next human it feeds on or bites. Hence there is no reason to fear about the biting or bloodsucking insects in case of HIV transmission. There is also no reason to fear that biting or bloodsucking insects, such as a mosquito, testees fly etc. could transmit HIV from one person to another through HIV-infected blood left on its mouth parts. Therefore, humans should not worry about
Many people were concerned that diseases such as HIV and AIDS can be transmitted to another person by mosquitos. The media released the subject concerning the possibility of mosquitoes transmitting AIDS/HIV were common when the disease was first recognized. The media was quick to jumping into conclusions without having their facts straight. That’s why many people believe mosquitos are the main reason for spreading AIDS/HIV. However, it is not true. The results of experiments and observations of insect biting behavior indicate that when an insect bites a person, it does not inject its own or a previously bitten person's or animal's blood into the next person bitten. Instead, it injects saliva, which acts as a lubricant or anticoagulant so the insect can feed efficiently. Since the pathogens that can cause diseases such as yellow fever and malaria exist in saliva they are transmitted through the saliva during feeding process of bloodsucking insects. When a mosquito transmits a disease agent from one person to another, the infectious agent must remain alive inside the mosquito until transfer is completed. If the mosquito digests the parasite, the transmission cycle is terminated and the parasite cannot be passed on to the next host. However, HIV lives for only a short time inside an insect and, unlike organisms that are transmitted via insect bites; HIV does not survive and reproduce in insects. Thus, even if the virus enters a mosquito or another sucking or biting insect, the insect does not become infected and cannot transmit HIV to the next human it feeds on or bites. Hence there is no reason to fear about the biting or bloodsucking insects in case of HIV transmission. There is also no reason to fear that biting or bloodsucking insects, such as a mosquito, testees fly etc. could transmit HIV from one person to another through HIV-infected blood left on its mouth parts. Therefore, humans should not worry about