HIV spreads through bodily fluid exchange, but why can’t mosquitoes sucking blood spread it?

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HIV spreads through bodily fluid exchange, but why can’t mosquitoes sucking blood spread it?

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The mosquito doesn’t have the right setup to keep the HIV virions from dying. It’s *digesting* that blood. Even fluids fresh off the human only keep HIV alive for a few minutes once outside of the body. That’s why most infections occur from very speedy fluid transfers.

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