Is AIDS virus be transmitted by mosquito bite?

• The HIV virus is knwon to be transmitted through blood from one to another person. In case mosquito bites one HIV affected (+) person before it bites a normal person, is there any chance to spread the virus?

• Answer:

  This is an interesting question, and one that I asked (not here) a few years ago. The answer is no... for a couple of reasons... 1) When a Female Mosquito bites you, it draws blood in, and then returns to it's nest and feeds its eggs, and itself. It typically does NOT go to ANOTHER person and feed. It's VERY rare that this happens. In the case where it DOES happen, the flow of blood is unidirectional... it doesn't inject blood into you, it draws it. So, no chance there... (But what happens if I SWAT the mosquito when it's feeding?) 2) On the infinitessimally small chance that (a) a mosquito feeds off a person with AIDS, then (b) returns to a non-infected host, and (c) gets swatted, the blood inside the mosquito is already 'dead'. The mosquito, when it stores the blood, adds a non-coagulating antigen and digestive enzyme that effectively kills or 'disables' any cells in the blood. So... even if it DID draw blood from a patient with AIDS, it destroys the cellular structure in the blood... effectively killing the virus. Hope that helps.