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Aids caused by HIV is transmitted/not transmitted in which of the following situations:

Mosquito bite


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Mosquito bite : Not transmitted

  1. Aids caused by HIV is transmitted only by the exchange of bodily fluids which may occur due to sexual contact, blood transfusion, etc and not by casual contact.
  2. HIV does not survive in the mosquito gut therefore mosquito bite does not spread AIDS.

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