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I guess this is why we cannot catch HIV from moscuitos, correct?
Thanks.
No sir, that is incorrect.
You cannot catch HIV from a mosquito because 1. mosquitoes do not carry the cell receptors for hiv so they (mosquitoes) cannot pass the disease because their cellular biology is very hostile to hiv. IE it has nothing to do with quantity of blood or who the blood comes from.
Just wondering if this is a general rule, i.e. there is some significant amount of infected fluid which must enter a non-infected area, and also if this amount is known, or reported smewhere.
While there is no rule about how much is needed for an infection
anecdotally a drop of blood , maybe a teaspood of semen (again
very unspecific). I can however accurately tell you (in increasing order high to lowest)which fluids have the highest ratio of hiv :
1.blood (highest)
2.semen
3.vaginal secretions
4.breast milk (lowest)
5.urine/saliva (none)
Hope that helps.
