if you get bitten by a gnat or mossi, why dosnt it transfere hiv if its bitten tham also and transferes blood?

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HIV is a virus which does not multiply in insects - it would die, the insect would not have anything to pass on.

(I was wrong before! - You learn something new every day!)

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HIV will be killed by air.

Usually they suck your blood! They don't usually dispose blood into your body, but they can transmitt the disease.

Biting insects do not inject the blood from one host into another. They inject saliva, which can can contain some infectious organisms (e.g. malarial parasite) but not HIV.

HIV is no good at surviving outside of people. It's about the only 'good' thing about HIV. For the same reason, there is minimal risk of catching it if you accidentally get prodded with a blood needle that has been lying around for a while. Don't go trying it though.!

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if you get bitten by a gnat or mossi, why dosnt it transfere hiv if its bitten tham also and transferes blood?

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