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From: bob@ozdaltx.UUCP (Bob Culmer)
Newsgroups: sci.med.aids
Subject: Re: Aids from mosquitoes
Summary: No mosquito transmission of AIDS
Keywords: aids,mosquitoes
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Date: 3 Aug 90 12:40:46 GMT
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In article <37596@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, lewis@ncis.tis.llnl.gov (S. Thomas Lewis) writes:
> I have earlier been convinced that aids is not transmitted by mosquitoes.
> However, it there any conclusive information?

Yes.  An attempt to culture HIV in mosquito blood cells failed.  As
you may know a culture is more favorable than "real life" situations.
In other words, things multiply in cultures where they wouldn't be as
successful elsewhere.  Hence, failure of HIV to culture in mosquitos
would be IMO about as conclusive as scientific knowledge gets.

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