Can HIV survive in water?

Can Hiv Virus Survive In Water?

• Answer:

  Scientists and medical authorities agree   that HIV does not survive well outside the body, making the possibility   of environmental transmission remote.Some people fear that HIV might be transmitted in other ways; however, no scientific evidence to support any of these fears has been found. If HIV were being transmitted through other routes (such as through air, water, or insects), the pattern of reported AIDS cases would be much different from what has been observed. For example, if mosquitoes could transmit HIV infection, many more young children and pre-adolescents would have been diagnosed with AIDS.Results from laboratory studies should not be used to assess   specific personal risk of infection because (1) the amount of virus   studied   is not found in human specimens or elsewhere in nature, and (2) no   one has been identified as infected with HIV due to contact with   an environmental surface. Additionally, HIV is unable to reproduce   outside   its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under   suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore,   it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.