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Home / Answered Questions / Hello..I am from india. Last night i accidentally swallowed a mosquito. Can i acquire hiv keeping in mind the fact that the mosquito might have hiv positive blood in its gut as i might have sucked blood from an hiv positive person and also the fact that the mosquito might have got squashed in my mouth and its blood might have entered my blood stream through a cut in my mouth?

Hello..I am from india. Last night i accidentally swallowed a mosquito. Can i acquire hiv keeping in mind the fact that the mosquito might have hiv positive blood in its gut as i might have sucked blood from an hiv positive person and also the fact that the mosquito might have got squashed in my mouth and its blood might have entered my blood stream through a cut in my mouth?

Hi

HIV does not pass this way.

There would be no risk to HIV from swallowing a mosquito.

Have a look at our HIV page for more information on how HIV is passed.

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Health Nurse

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