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Since AIDS is a blood-borne disease. Will I get infected when a mosquito for instance bite me after biting an HIV/AIDS positive person?

Froix · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:27 am Post subject:

CDC studies say NO. Insect bites can't be a cause for HIV infection. Insects don't inject blood but rather its saliva which does not transmit the HIV virus.
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bizofwords · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:50 pm Post subject:

there have been no studies that suggest this is a means of transmission; on the other hand, there have been a large number of studies that say it is not possible to contract HIV from an insect bite as no bodily fluids are transmitted

Orrymain · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:04 am Post subject:

I'd never even thought of that possibility. Of course, these days folks around here think more about insects transmitting the west nile virus.
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bubble · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:27 am Post subject:

I have never even thought of that as a possibility.

bizofwords · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject:

Wildwoman · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:14 am Post subject:

I was going to ask this as well,like what someone said with the West Nile Virus,I was just curious. Thank you for the information.

Simplyme · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:23 am Post subject:

I know that would be extremely scary for everyone if that were a possibility. Thankfully as stated above so far there is no evidence to suggest that it can be transmitted via an insect bite.

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