I have always wondered about this but not asked any medical expert.

If a mosquito bit an HIV-infected person, what would happen to it? Would it die right away or live for a while longer? What if it bit a healthy person after having bit an HIV-infected person? What's the scenario there? Thanks!

 

Answers in order:

Nothing abnormal.

It would live as normal.

Nothing.

It is a normal mosquito bite.

If mosquitoes were a vector for HIV we would be in some

, luckily mosquitoes are digesting the blood they consume and do not become infected.

 

actually, mosquitoes CAN transmit HIV.

 

hmmm, i dunno, you didnt get bit by one and then mashed it and noticed tons of blood possibly from a friend that got bit seconds before you did you?????????

 

I was told that mosquitoes can't carry HIV and I don't know why...

 

No. Malaria is caused by a certain type of parasite that not only survives but also reproduces in the mosquito. HIV is a virus & doesn't do so well outside the human body. Once in the mosquito, the HIV would die very quickly. The mosquito never becomes HIV-infected, and nobody has ever become HIV-infected from a mosquito bite.

 

imagine if they did...that would be some crazy stuff right there. dont think abstinence would solve THAT one

 

Soneday it may happen. Viruses mutate at incredible rates. Let's hope it doesn't, but it is a possibility.

 

sounds like another dooms day hollywood movie in the making

deadly mosquito flying everywhere, one bite can turn you into a zombie

the mosquito can fly to everywhere, and attack at anytime ... LOL

and the movie ended with the mosquito repellent product company rules the world ..

 

Mosquitoes can transmit any disease that can be transmitted through fluids.