To: Clive
so we are to understand that WN can species hop from infected bird to skeeter to human - but HIV wont ? - I dont get it
To: Revelation 911
WNV and HIV are different. HIV is killed in mosquito saliva so it needs to be spread in blood (I think I read this somewhere.) Mosquitos do not inject blood generally, just saliva. WNV (and the malaria parasite) are transmitted by the saliva. (You may want to look in the medical literature to verify this. I'm just remembering from way back.)
The epidemiology of HIV is not consistent with mosquito-borne diseases. The children do not get HIV. HIV infection is consistent with the epidemiology of other sexually transmitted diseases.
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