Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Could HIV ever mutate, become airborne and infectious like Mycobacterium tuberculosis


Could HIV ever mutate, become airborne and infectious like Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
What would be the worldwide impact of such a plague? Could we contro it?
Infectious Diseases - 2 Answers
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1 :
HIV isn't classified as a respiratory disease, like those airborne illnesses you are thinking of. HIV isn't transmitted through your breath. The virus already doesn't live that long outside of the body, and while there are various mutations of the virus, there won't ever be anything like what you are talking about.
2 :
No. HIV cannot enter a sporous state without serious genetic modification, assuming it can be done in the first place. Furthermore, HIV does not last all that long outside the body



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