Can Mosquitoes Spread the new Coronavirus?

Can mosquitoes spread the new coronavirus? Unlikely, because mosquitoes have a bad relationship with viruses

According to the currently known information, the main route of transmission of the new intact virus is droplets. Of course, there is also the possibility of oral and nasal secretions attached to the surface of the object and secondary transmission through contact. 

Now, Asian Academician Zhong Nanshan from China has pointed out that the virus may also be present in the patient's excrement, and there is the possibility of infection. It seems that the transmission method of the coronavirus is still somewhat complicated.

Now that the winter is fading away, everyone also wants to know if there will be any new changes in the spread of the virus after the climate warms. 

Will the emergence of mosquitoes cause the re-spread of the coronavirus? 

Blood spreads everything.

First of all, we want to know, if blood containing coronavirus is injected into the human body, will it be infected?

Although most viruses have a fixed method of transmission, such as AIDS and hepatitis B through body fluids (blood, semen, etc.), influenza and SARS are transmitted through respiratory secretions. But in fact, this is only a routine situation. 

Under normal circumstances, of course there will be no blood contact between people, so we will not use blood as a means of spreading most viruses. But in fact all viruses will be detected in large quantities in the blood. Moreover, injecting virus-containing fluid into a healthy human body can cause infection.

Also Refer: Vaccine Development Encyclopedia

 

Can Virus be Transported to the Corresponding ones through Blood?

This is actually very easy to understand, because the blood circulatory system is the source of nutrition and oxygen for all cells in the body, and it naturally reaches every corner of the human body. 

So no matter what kind of target cells the virus is, it can be transported to the corresponding ones through the blood. Location (this also reflects from the side how poor HIV transmission capacity is)

 

Mosquitoes are also victims:

Will the bite of a mosquito form the effect of blood transmission?

Impossible, the reason is very simple, most people do not understand the true meaning of "mosquito transmission". 

Could it be that the dengue virus and the malaria parasite just "hitched a ride by accident" when the mosquito was sucking blood and came to the new host? 

Totally not. These protozoa and viruses are not so simple, they have evolved a set of techniques completely aimed at mosquitoes to spread themselves. Viruses that can be transmitted by mosquitoes can be regarded as "co-morbidity"

That's right, the mosquitoes were almost half the "victims" in this incident, at least they were used by these pathogens.

  

What exactly happened? This starts from the process of mosquito bites. When the mosquito inserts its mouthpart consisting of 6 needles into the skin, it will first inject a little saliva into your body. 

The saliva contains ingredients that prevent platelet coagulation. It is possible to suck up well without worrying about the guy who eats being blocked.

 

Does Saliva Spread Disease?

Note that these saliva is the key to spreading the disease. Both malaria and dengue fever have been buried in the salivary glands of mosquitoes. 

The male and female gametes of the malaria parasite develop into zygote in the mosquito’s stomach and develop into oocysts in the abdomen. 

Tens of thousands of tiny seeds, or spores, are concentrated in the salivary glands along with the mosquito's hemolymph. Dengue fever virus is even worse. It infects the whole body of mosquitoes and can even spread to the next generation with eggs.

  

So naturally, there seems to be no precedent and no reason for the new type of coronavirus that is transmitted by mosquitoes. What should be done to deal with the stomach of mosquitoes? It is almost certain that they will be directly digested by mosquitoes, and there is nothing left (HIV agrees).

 

Hitchhiking is not good

Now the second possibility is here-what if it is not spread by saliva, but by the blood on the mosquito's mouth?

 

If you ask very much if you are sticky, it is true, but it is too difficult to spread through this method. Since there is no example of coronavirus, let's use HIV as an example.

 

The first is this dose. The volume of blood on the mosquito’s mouth is about 0.00004ml each time, but even if it is injected directly into the blood, it takes about 0.1ml to be infectious, which means that the small mouth of the mosquito needs to be between you and the patient. 

Only 2800 pokes can barely make up so much. But this is in a completely ideal situation. 

If you take into account the differences in the level of HIV-infected people's own virus, through a more precise estimation, it will probably take 10 million consecutive pokes to be infected.

 

Pay attention, this must be continuous poke. In reality, mosquitoes have to rest for two or three days to digest and digest well after they are full. 

HIV is very fragile after it leaves the body, and it will be inactivated as long as the blood dries. So so far we have not found a case of AIDS suspected to be transmitted by mosquitoes.

 

Is Coronavirus stronger than HIV?

Although the new coronavirus is a bit stronger than HIV, it should not be possible to create miracles. After all, they can only survive for a few days on a very smooth surface, and they will die in a few minutes on a rough surface, and the mosquito mouth is obviously not suitable They stay.

Therefore, you don’t have to worry about the sparks that mosquitoes and the new crown virus and mosquitoes can create. You will win.

 

Author's Bio

Name: Gwynneth May

Educational Qualification: MBBS, MD (Medicine) Gold Medalist

Profession: Doctor

Experience: 16 Years of Work Experience as a Medical Practitioner

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