Jakarta, ME – Before we get into the main topic, let’s first discuss what it is HIV and what is AIDS.
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that damages the immune system. Untreated HIV affects and kills CD4 cells, which are a type of immune cell called a T cell.
AIDS is a disease that can develop in people with HIV. This is the most advanced stage of HIV. But just because someone has HIV doesn’t mean AIDS will develop.
So, is it true that if you get bitten by a mosquito, you can get HIV / AIDS?
According to a specialist in hematology-oncology (cancer) internal medicine, prof. Zubairi Djoerban, confirmed that mosquito bites or skin contact with mosquito blood will not transmit HIV AIDS.
Often patients with a non-HIV diagnosis are concerned about the HIV patient next to them and ask to change rooms for fear of being bitten by mosquitoes.
The inventor of Indonesia’s first HIV AIDS case also revealed that HIV AIDS is not transmitted even by sharing dishes, bathing, being bitten by mosquitoes, coughing, sneezing and sweating.
However, mosquito bites can transmit various virus diseases, such as dengue fever.
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