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Can Animals Transmit HIV To Humans?
Question: Hi Dr I have a query will I get hiv from sex with a chicken should I get tested
Brief Answer:
No test for HIV is necessary for you.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to HCM.
Thanks for posting your query.
All the infective organisms are host specific. HIV cannot survive inside the chicken body. HIV can infect only humans and certain monkey species. Other animals are resistant to HIV.
So you will not get HIV through sex with chicken (bestiality). You need no test for HIV.
Dr S Murugan
No test for HIV is necessary for you.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to HCM.
Thanks for posting your query.
All the infective organisms are host specific. HIV cannot survive inside the chicken body. HIV can infect only humans and certain monkey species. Other animals are resistant to HIV.
So you will not get HIV through sex with chicken (bestiality). You need no test for HIV.
Dr S Murugan
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Hi
Can any virus in the chicken mutate to become hiv
Could I land up getting other disease
Can any virus in the chicken mutate to become hiv
Could I land up getting other disease
Brief Answer:
Germs affecting birds would not affect human beings.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome back to HCM
Any virus present inside a chicken can neither mutate to other virus to cause HIV Disease nor become HIV virus itself. Usually most of the diseases affecting a chick would not affect human beings as the bird's body temperature is very high when compared to Human temperature except certain diseases like 'Bird flu' (H5N1). Some other disease specific to birds like atypical mycobacterium (MAC) can affect an individual when he/she is in an immuno-compromised state.
Dr S.Murugan
Germs affecting birds would not affect human beings.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome back to HCM
Any virus present inside a chicken can neither mutate to other virus to cause HIV Disease nor become HIV virus itself. Usually most of the diseases affecting a chick would not affect human beings as the bird's body temperature is very high when compared to Human temperature except certain diseases like 'Bird flu' (H5N1). Some other disease specific to birds like atypical mycobacterium (MAC) can affect an individual when he/she is in an immuno-compromised state.
Dr S.Murugan
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Can chicken aneamia virus cause problem or rous saracoma virus cause problem?
Rous saracoma virus is a retrovirus can it cause hiv infection
Rous saracoma virus is a retrovirus can it cause hiv infection
Brief Answer:
Infection from chicken is rare for humans
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome back.
To my knowledge no such diseases affect human beings from chicken.
I didn't come across any such diseases either in my practice or from any literature or from any conferences with experts.
Dr S Murugan
Infection from chicken is rare for humans
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome back.
To my knowledge no such diseases affect human beings from chicken.
I didn't come across any such diseases either in my practice or from any literature or from any conferences with experts.
Dr S Murugan
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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