Can monkeys give you aids

Answer 1

No. AIDS is a diagnosis given to people who are HIV+. AIDS is not a disease or infection, rather a condition that results after a person is infected with HIV.

The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has linked HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) to a similar infection among monkeys, SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus.)

The virus was most likely able to infect humans after they came in contact with raw blood/meat from infected simians because of hunting and eating practices.

Answer 2

That's not likely, because the aids that affects monkeys is caused by a virus called siv, which stands for simian immunodeficiency virus. The virus that causes aids in humans is called hiv, or human immunodeficiency virus. It's not the same virus.

Answer 3

Monkeys do not have AIDS. The syndrome affects only humans and is caused by the HIV virus.

It is now generally accepted that the virus HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a descendant of a Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) that was found because certain strains of SIVs bear a very close resemblance to HIV.

Answer 4

If you have sex with it and it has AIDs or if it's blood get's inside of you. Avoid any wild animal with an open wound because blood diseases can be spread fairly easily.

And if you have sex with a monkey you're a FREAK, YOU EVIL FURRY

Answer 5

The same way it would be transmitted from human to human, which is any blood/blood contact. It's helpful to remember that we share over 99% of our DNA with chimpanzees, so transmission is essentially the same.

Answer 6

Yes, some monkeys in Europe. Men had sexual intercourse with monkey and disease like AIDS. The disease then mutated slightly and was then passed on from human to human

Answer 7

The general story is that aids was first contracted by someone who was bitten by a monkey.

Answer 8

In most cases, no. Some species of monkeys can be infected with SIV - simian immunodeficiency virus. SIV is similar to HIV, but it does not cross-infect humans under most circumstances.

Answer 9

if the monkey has aids then yes