Why isn't AIDS/HIV airborne?
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I believe that its because of the protein/fat structure that is the membrane.it just can't survive the harsh conditions of air, maybe due to the fact that it needs to be nourished within a body that can support it, somewhat like like way your cells get water in and out of cells by osmosis, check the link I included. Or maybe the membrane is just to porous, and lets air right into the cell.
I be live it could mutate.I mean I'm sure its not that hard for some type of small mutation to occur at a cellular level, nature makes mistakes as well.as well as the fact that many theories believe that HIV, came from SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus).
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It probably could I guess. Viruses are known to mutate pretty quickly. But for now, HIV/AIDS is a blood virus. Could you imagine the havoc it would have on the world if it was airborne? Wow, I don't even want to think of that..
Cause it hasn't evolved into an airborne virus.give it time and maybe it will be.. Na. Couldn't pass the physical. Check the Navy.
Could it mutate? Wow - that is a scary thought but I doubt it or we would have probably heard about it.
Don't think so. It is a Virus that was created to stop Free Love like back in the 60's. Governments paid too many mothers WELFARE and got fed up. Also, the cure is out there.
anything is possible who really knows if it could someday right now the reason is because it is the way the viris is biologically madeup Well how could it get from the immune system to the outside? I doubt it.
It eventually might or might not. I don't know how long it takes to mutate from fluid-borne to airborne. Thankfully it isn't airborne since there is no cure for it yet.
God! I hope not! That would really suck! But, viruses do mutate very quickly.
yes, but that would take an extreme evolutionary step. the virus cannot survive outside of bodily fluids, it can't even survive in spit. so, it has a lot of mutating to do before it acquires the appropriate genetic information (DNA) to become an airborne virus. look up genetic mutation, the stresses required to make a virus incorporate new DNA, and the toxicity of oxygen (yes, it is extremely toxic to most living organism, including us, but that's another story). all of this keeps AIDS from being an airborne virus. viruses come in both airborne and contact forms and it just happens the HIV Virus is not airborne. Although it does mutate so far it has not mutated in that direction.
I don't think the virus could ever mutate and become airborne. It's chemical composition is heavier than that of air and requires fluid to fluid transmission in order to pass from one person to another. That would be like wishing the common cold could only be transported thru blood transfusions. it'd be great, but it's not going to happen. I don't think HIV can live in the air, anyway.
because it cant travel in the air it need body Fluid to transmite. blood, sex fluids form male or female. but not from saliva or sweat.
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cuz they can't exist in the air It involves the blood, and immune system, and you have to be in physical contact (like a cut or sore)so..I don't know if it would ever be airborne.
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