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We have many of these manmade lakes, aka retention ponds where I live in Florida. They are pretty and you get to see lots of ducks, herons, etc. I even saw an otter in there once. However there is also a 6 foot gator in there now. In Florida, if you have water, you are probably going to have gators.
So, on the basis of experimental evidence and probability estimates, it has been concluded that the likelihood of mechanical or biological transmission of HIV by insects is virtually nonexistent.
The Zika virus is the one that is transmitted by mosquitos.
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