Saturday, December 09, 2006
Can aids be transmitted by mosquitos?
Can aids be transmitted by mosquitos? All I can say is that it is not impossible. There was never been a case that was documented from acquiring AIDS thru a mosquito, but there's some study that malaria could help the spread of HIV to the body faster. The study, published in the journal Science, says the way the two diseases interact can help them spread faster. When people with Aids contract malaria, it causes a surge of HIV virus in their blood, making them more likely to infect a partner, the research says. Meanwhile people weakened by HIV are more likely to catch malaria. The diseases are two of the biggest killers in Africa. Scientists studying the rapid spread of HIV-Aids in the city of Kisumu in Kenya found the spread of HIV was happening more quickly than they would expect just through risky sexual behaviour. They investigated a link with malaria, which is prevalent in the area. They believe that since malaria can multiply by 10 times the "viral-load" of HIV - the amount of HIV virus in an HIV-infected person's blood - the virus can be transmitted to a sexual partner more easily.
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