I think the issue with mossies is viral load transmitted. As Izzy indicated above, there needs to be a skin break, and there needs to be a adequate amount of virus transmitted to achieve infection. Injections are more likely to transmit than are needle sticks, see opaque technical citation here. I have had HIV positive blood all over my ungloved hands without transmission; otoh, there have been lots of unexplained transmissions, too: unexplained pediatric hiv infections, south africa

Might be mosquitoes, might be hiv splash in the eyes, might be something that we will never know; randy shilts, an aids authority, responded to the mosquito question in an interview by saying " yes, if you have unprotected sex with an infected mosquito, you WILL get aids.

rabies is serious. chances of a predator like a fox, coyote or bear getting it and biting you are slim. bats are a problem and require care. there is an incubation period - evac immediately and get the shots. it might work if you are quick.

Pete2

We recently found a juvenile bat in the basement, and in research about rabies risk involving bats afterwards we learned that bats are often asymptomatic when they are infected, until the later stages. Sometimes rabies only manifests itself in bats by an inability to fly.

Common brown bats have a hard time biting through leather, so if you MUST remove a non-flying bat, wear thick gloves, and still be extra careful.

I got to experience the rabies series in 1992...workmans' comp, so I don't know what it...or my life...is "worth". I got a tetanus shot, and three shots of rabies vaccine. It felt like the equivalent of four tetanus shots: it ain't THAT bad. I got one in each cheek and one in each bicep. I will take that any day, over ricocheting a motorcycle off a telephone pole...workmans' comp paid for that one, too...ugh.