Can mosquitoes broadcast coronavirus? The new search you need to know about
Experts are now studying whether mosquitoes may or may not broadcast the person's coronavirus to the person.
With the heating weather as summer approaches, a familiar pest returns again: the mosquito. And while their uncomfortable bites are pretty irritating as they are, during thecoronavirus pandemicGetting stung by one of these sangskers is more experience about experience, leaving many mosquito nets, can mosquito bites transmit coronavirus?
Regarding theLong list of diseases mosquitoes are known to transmit-The accesse Zika virus, malaria, dengue fever, Western Nile virus and Chikungunya virus, according to the CDC - it is understandable that people are worried about the potential for the transmission of coronavirus bugs. And now, new research will try to answer this question. According to a memo of April 15 of Propublica, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begininvestigate mosquito bites as a means of transmission coronavirus possible.
But here is the good news: the chances of coronavirus of the mosquito are extremely low, according to experts.
Leann Poston, MD, ofHealth Ikon, says it's "very unlikely" that mosquitoes could transmit the person's virus to the person because it is mainlyspill through respiratory droplets. "For a mosquito to transmit it, the COVID virus should be in the circulatory system (blood) of the bitten person", after which the virus will have to reproduce inside the mosquito, which has never been demonstrated that It happened, explains posion. After that, "the virus will have to go to the salivary glands of the mosquito" to infect another human through a bite.
Poston continues to explain this, despite theCase of coronaviruses that have been observed in household domestic animals And exotic animals, "viruses that are ideally adapted to infect a species do not find other species as good hosts".
Fortunately, the disease control and prevention centers (CDC) concluded with the poston assessment, noting that there isNo evidence for the moment that mosquitoes or ticks can broadcast coronaviruses; The World Health Organization (WHO) also clearly indicates thatThis mode of transmission is not possible.
While the USDA is investigating, you can keep your hands washed, keep the insect spray at your fingertips and easily rest, knowing that most mosquitoes will probably leave you with a little more than an itchy bite. And for the myths that have been taught, check these10 myths on the face masks you need to know.
