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Comment
. 2020 Jun;35(3):355-358.
doi: 10.1007/s12250-020-00251-0. Epub 2020 Jun 29.

SARS-CoV-2 Does Not Replicate in Aedes Mosquito Cells nor Present in Field-Caught Mosquitoes from Wuhan

Han Xia  1   2 , Evans Atoni  1   2 , Lu Zhao  1   2 , Nanjie Ren  1   2 , Doudou Huang  1 , Rongjuan Pei  1   2 , Zhen Chen  1 , Jin Xiong  1 , Raphael Nyaruaba  1   2 , Shuqi Xiao  1 , Bo Zhang  1   2 , Zhiming Yuan  3   4
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SARS-CoV-2 Does Not Replicate in Aedes Mosquito Cells nor Present in Field-Caught Mosquitoes from Wuhan

Han Xia et al. Virol Sin. 2020 Jun.
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Fig. 1
Replication of SARS-CoV-2 in different cell lines and field mosquitoes collected. A SARS-CoV-2 RNA copies detected in Vero E6 cells, C6/36 cells, Aag2 cells, and Sf9 cells evaluated using qRT-PCR at different time points after innoculation. Each cell line was repeated three times. B Indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) to detect the NP protein of SARS-CoV-2 in the four tested cell lines at 36 h post-inoculation. Bars, 100 µm. C Location of mosquito trap sites in the region of Wuhan City, China. Black dots stand for the 13 administrative districts of Wuhan, and Red triangles are the mosquito collection sites.
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