Saturday, October 2, 2010

ARE MOSQUITOES CARRIERS OF HIV ?

DOES A MOSQUITO BITE SPREAD HIV/AIDS?

HIV/AIDS doesn't spread by mosquito bites. Epidemiologically, the incidence of HIV infection is the highest among the sexually active age group of 15 years to 49 years. However, mosquitoes bite persons of all age groups, and if they were a means of spreading HIV, the incidence of infection would be uniformly high among all age groups.

HIV does not survive or replicate inside the intestine of the mosquito, which is another reason to believe that mosquitoes cannot spread the HIV infection. Mosquitoes suck the blood of the individual they bite, but they do not suck blood from one and inject into another person.

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