Can you get Hepatitis C from a mosquito if the mosquito bite then infected person then you?

This is a pretty smart question. Hepatitis C is a flavivirus like yellow fever and dengue. However, it is the only human flavivirus that is not transmitted by mosquitoes.

It is impossible to get it from a mosquito bite because the virus does not survive in mosquitoes. A virus needs to be able to replicate in the mosquito, move through the gut of the mosquito, and then infect the salivary glands and saliva of mosquitoes. Because Hepatitis C cannot do these things, it cannot be transmitted by mosquitoes.

No no no! HCV is not transmitted by insects. If it were we would all be at equal risk of contracting the infection, not just transfusion recipients and IVDUs. In order for a virus to be transmitted by an insect, it must be able to replicate in the insect between blood meals. None of the Hepatitis viruses have this ability.

People I see with Hep C get it from a couple of sources. IV drug use, shared needles.
Blood transfusions prior to the middle 80s.
Tattoos/piercings with dirty equipment.
Catching it from sexual contact with infected sources.
Some cases just are unknown.
Why would a mosquito who has had one blood meal look for another??

Everyone says no it cannot happen that way, but who really knows? Many viruses are contracted that way, including West Nile...which is a big problem in NY right now. I would assume if it could be caught that way we'd have more of an epidemic than we do, but no one really knows for sure.

Who knows haha, but i doubt you would know exactly what mosquito is was unless you spray painted it, or tagged it or something haha. I mean seriously man?

no