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Can mosquitoes transmit hiv

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I want to know whether or not mosquitoes can transmit HIV

Chuks (by SMS)

Only saliva is injected into humans when a mosquito bites and thus HIV positive blood that a mosquito may have previously ingested is never transmitted to other humans. Unlike mosquito borne diseases, HIV is unable to replicate within the mosquito’s gut and therefore is broken down

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