You can also get infected by the mosquito that bites an HIV patient, doctor told the truth

According to statistics, 6,30,000 people will die due to HIV in the year 2023. This may be a scary thing, but what is even more scary is the discussion spread among people, in which it is said that HIV is spread through mosquito bites. If you are scared then you should also know the truth of this claim. A video on YouTube claims this to be wrong.
But what is the truth? The team of Sajag Fact Check has tried to find out the answer to this. The team has contacted the doctor for factual information and has brought out the truth. Before knowing the reaction given by the doctor on the video, know the claims made in it.

What’s in the video?

This video uploaded on the internet completely refutes the fact that HIV is spread through mosquitoes. Actually, there is a misconception among the people that if a mosquito bites an HIV infected person then this virus also gets transmitted to the mosquito. Then when it bites another person, he/she can also get HIV. This has been stated wrong in this video.

What is the stated reason?

The reason behind this has also been revealed in the video. It has been told that mosquitoes can cause many types of mosquito-borne diseases including Zika and malaria. But HIV is not one of them. Due to the biology of mosquitoes, this virus is unable to affect them. Actually, mosquitoes do not have the receptors that HIV uses to recognize immune cells and then spread the virus.

what do doctors say

After biting an HIV infected person, a mosquito cannot infect another person. Dr. Richa Tiwari has found this to be true. he/she believed that HIV dies in the mosquito’s stomach. If HIV had spread in this way, then something similar would have happened with HIV as the dengue season approaches.

Fact check result

In the ‘fact check’ conducted by the Sajag team, the claims made in the video have been found to be true.