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muriel_volestrangler

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18. It doesn't look like it, since it has only spread by contact in Africa

Wed Oct 15, 2014, 07:52 PM

Oct 2014

Africa has many diseases that do spread by insect bite, but Ebola has not - they've always been able to show it was direct contact with a sufferer.

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Do mosquitos carry ebola? [View all] zappaman Oct 2014 OP

i don't see why not... n/t ProdigalJunkMail Oct 2014 #1

Because it can't infect the mosquito itself, is why not. Daemonaquila Oct 2014 #8

could the mosquito be like a dirty needle? belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #20

I did not know that ProdigalJunkMail Oct 2014 #36

Interesting.. don't know.. there are lots and lots of diseases that are not transmitted by Peacetrain Oct 2014 #2

but there's malaria- belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #21

No. It is absolutely not any sort of arthropod-borne disease. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #3

That study was if it can be transmited by a bite scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #11

What study are you referencing? kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #23

I said it's not spread by a bite scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #24

I'm not aware of any studies showing mosquitos can harbor viable Ebola virus. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #34

That's my point , it hasn't been done scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #39

Ask CNN... Earth_First Oct 2014 #4

No. The vectors are fruit bats and simian bush meat Warpy Oct 2014 #5

Malaria is carried by mosquitos. 2012 in Africa 200 Million cases. 620,000 deaths. Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #6

No, they don't, and here's why. Daemonaquila Oct 2014 #7

No, but nurses under voluntary quarantine with symptoms on planes do spread it. roamer65 Oct 2014 #9

winner! Puzzledtraveller Oct 2014 #27

It's possible yes scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #10

No, there is no evidence that it is even possible. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #25

If the blood is infected then it's still infected inside the mosquito scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #29

Presence of virus does not equate to viable virus capable of causing infection. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #53

You're asking me to post a study that never has been done scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #54

When you say this how do you know? scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #55

According to whom? Cal Carpenter Oct 2014 #28

It just consumed infected blood scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #30

Wrong Cal Carpenter Oct 2014 #31

I said twice already it can't be transmitted by a bite scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #32

Oh my god the scientists have NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS Cal Carpenter Oct 2014 #41

Link the study scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #42

... Cal Carpenter Oct 2014 #51

Every study has been done studying the transmission by bite scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #35

If you are postulating that a swatted mosquito's gut contents pose an infection risk, kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #40

I told you , you wouldn't be able to prove it wrong scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #44

"PhD dissertation on ruptured mosquito guts" Renew Deal Oct 2014 #49

Only if they vomit on you upaloopa Oct 2014 #12

Flies vomit on you. zappaman Oct 2014 #13

Every study said that it can't be scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #14

BLOOD!!!! zappaman Oct 2014 #15

Yup scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #16

It's always been my own blood when that's happened. Crunchy Frog Oct 2014 #48

Thanks In_The_Wind Oct 2014 #17

Hillary is ready for that 3AM phone call Renew Deal Oct 2014 #50

It doesn't look like it, since it has only spread by contact in Africa muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #18

The CDC says deaniac21 Oct 2014 #19

Really? zappaman Oct 2014 #22

Only if it is bleeding out of every orifice of its body with liquified organs. uppityperson Oct 2014 #26

Oh, jeez. SheilaT Oct 2014 #33

I was thinking the same shit. bravenak Oct 2014 #37

You could both be right. zappaman Oct 2014 #43

I just wish we could have saved ourselves from ourselves. bravenak Oct 2014 #45

Mosquitos did not transmit HIV NT titaniumsalute Oct 2014 #46

I very much doubt it. Crunchy Frog Oct 2014 #47

Look at infection patterns, as with HIV or any other emergent disease. closeupready Oct 2014 #52