Open AccessAn Opinion on Mosquitoes’ Role in HIV Transmission
Author(s) -
Jianqiao He
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of research in infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-3221
DOI - 10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430246
Subject(s) - transmission (telecommunications) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , range (aeronautics) , biology , environmental health , medicine , computer science , telecommunications , engineering , aerospace engineering
The concept that mosquitos do not transmit HIV was established in the 1980s. The present paper examined the early studies used in formulating the concept, and showed there were significant problems with the studies. The present paper demonstrates a consistent correlation between mosquitoes and HIV over a broad range of data worldwide, and suggested that, mosquitoes are a significant risk factor in HIV transmission.