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From: drw@HERMITE.MIT.EDU (Dale R. Worley)
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Subject: Re: Aids from mosquitoes
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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?

I believe that much of the evidence that HIV is not transmitted by
mosquitoes is epidemiological -- there is no correlation between AIDS
incidence and mosquito exposure.  For instance, in African areas where
AIDS and malaria are both endemic, children between ages 3 and 15
don't develop AIDS, even though they are at high risk for malaria.

Dale	drw@math.mit.edu