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Can mosquitoes transmit HIV?

Can HIV be transferred through a mosquito bite?
20 March 2017
Presented by Ricky Nathvani. 
Production by Ricky Nathvani.
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Can mosquitoes transmit HIV, as it is a blood borne disease just like malaria? Ricky Nathvani asked Peter Bull from the University of Cambridge... 

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