Can I get HIV if a mosquito has bitten someone with HIV? Why or why not? Does it make a difference if the person is standing beside me and the mosquito bites me after biting them?
In: Biology
I’m in high school so don’t take what I say as fully correct. I have limited understanding.
so what HIV basically does is attack a certain type of immune cell. We have 2 (excluding non-specific cells) main immune cells: T cell and B cell.
HIV is so bad because it attacks and takes over T cells, making your immune system compromised. HIV only reproduces inside T cells.
These T cells are not found in mosquitoes. So HIV cannot replicate.
Malaria is arguably much worse than HIV.
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