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Description: Infections of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus that causes AIDS, are spreading rapidly among intravenous drug users, and there have been rare occasions in which health care workers became infected after being accidentally stuck with contaminated needles. If infection can occur by these routes, is it possible for the AIDS virus to be transmitted from an infected to an uninfected person by biting insects? What evidence is there for actual transmission by insects? If insect transmission is possible, how serious is the threat, and what research is being conducted and could be conducted that could answer these questions?
Inquiries into whether insect transmission of HIV could occur fall into two general categories. First, field and laboratory studies of insects can determine: 1) whether their feeding/biting habits are compatible with their possible role as vectors of HIV transmission, 2) whether these insects are capable of drawing up and transmitting enough virus to cause infection, and 3) whether the microbiology of the virus in the insect is conducive to transmission. Second, epidemiological studies can be conducted among populations who live in environmental conditions favorable to insect transmission, to see if there are HIV infection patterns: 1) that cannot be explained by established risk factors (such as sexual transmission or intravenous drug use), and 2) that are consistent with transmission through insect vectors.
The insects of primary interest as possible vectors in the spread of HIV infections are biting flies, mosquitoes, and bedbugs. Other possible insect vectors include lice and fleas.
In this Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) Staff Paper: 1) the evidence for the possibility of insect transmission of HIV infection is summarized, and 2) areas for further investigation are identified.
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Thank you, very much, Dr. Coldwell for all of this extremely important information. I have always shared the same thoughts as you have in these five videos, about medicine. I have always been against unnecessary drugs and I have been talking about preventative health for a long time and people taking care of their own health and using their own brains when dealing with the health profession. I have always been very careful with regards to my health and I have even proven doctors wrong when they have treated me in the past. All you say is absolutely right. People in Europe and the German countries are brilliant in the field of medicine. We are so blessed as a planet to have someone like you guiding us about our health. Really, I have never seen this done before, anywhere else, except when I spoke to my Austrian doctor friends back in 1990 and I realized they knew everything about medicine, unlike some North American doctors, who don't. We really have to wake up as a human race and realize what's happening to us.
Thank you so much Dr Coldwell for taking a stand for the human race. I have always believed what you say on the videos to be true, but I had no way to prove it. I am so thankful that we still have people like you in the world who really care about people, not their money. I've always tried to eat healthy and exercise, due to this I very seldom get sick and when I do, I don't want to take medications, just want to know what the doctor's opinion is on certain symptoms. I know I still have to do a lot of things that I am not doing to protect my health and my family's health but I'm working on it!!! And I will follow your advice! Thank you again and be blessed!!!:)