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Yessi Pratiwi — March 14, 2009 / 12:04 pm
Mosquito, a tiny creature and yet a fearsome enemy for human. These nasty, blood-sucking, itchy, irritating insect, is also known as disease-carrying pests. They transmit viruses and parasite while they blood feasting. Yellow fever, Dengue, and West Nile virus for example, or malaria and filariasis.
However, mosquitoes do not transmit HIV or AIDS. Thanks to Studies that conducted by the Centers for Disease Control. It said that there are no evidence of HIV transmission from mosquitoes in places with many cases of AIDS and large populations of mosquitoes. One reason for this lack of transmission of the disease is the nature of insect biting behavior. When an insect bites a person, it does not inject its own or a previously bitten person’s or animal’s blood into the next person bitten. Instead it injects saliva, which acts as a lubricant so the insect can feed efficiently. Other diseases such as yellow fever and malaria are transmitted through the saliva of specific species of mosquitoes.
But, HIV lives for only a short time inside an insect. Therefore even if the virus enters a mosquito, the insect does not become infected and can’t transmit HIV to the next human it bites.
Well, I hope this info is useful. Catch more interesting facts and trivia about this fascinating insect here. At the mean time, watch out for the bites folks! 
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