SARS-CoV-2 failure to infect or replicate in mosquitoes: an extreme challenge.

Scientific Reports
Yan-Jang S. HuangStephen Higgs

Abstract

This research addresses public speculation that SARS-CoV-2 might be transmitted by mosquitoes. The World Health Organization has stated "To date there has been no information nor evidence to suggest that the new coronavirus could be transmitted by mosquitoes". Here we provide the first experimental data to investigate the capacity of SARS-CoV-2 to infect and be transmitted by mosquitoes. Three widely distributed species of mosquito; Aedes aegypti, Ae. albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus, representing the two most significant genera of arbovirus vectors that infect people, were tested. We demonstrate that even under extreme conditions, SARS-CoV-2 virus is unable to replicate in these mosquitoes and therefore cannot be transmitted to people even in the unlikely event that a mosquito fed upon a viremic host.

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Jan 28, 2021·Pathogens·Edyta JanikMichal Bijak
Mar 16, 2021·EFSA Journal·UNKNOWN European Food Safety Authority and European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlGrazina Mirinaviciute
May 1, 2021·Viruses·Su Datt LamChristine Orengo
May 6, 2021·ILAR Journal·Stephen HiggsSaravanan Thangamani
Jun 13, 2021·Virus Research·Iryna V GoraichukAnton P Gerilovych
Jul 18, 2021·American Journal of Infection Control·Yan-Jang S HuangDana L Vanlandingham
Sep 18, 2021··Alexander FranzIrma Sanchez-Vargas

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