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Can house flies mechanically carry and/or transport sars-cov-2?

Alfredo Montes*, Wilfrido Coronell and Rosa Baldiris

Published: 11 June, 2020 | Volume 4 - Issue 1 | Pages: 076-078

The new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes different infections in humans has become a challenge for humanity because it has caused many deaths worldwide. This new virus is considered as a zoonotic infectious particle, the clear mechanisms of the pathogenicity and transmissibility of this virus are not exactly known. Therefore, here some characteristics of a possible transmission are analyzed for house flies.

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Keywords:

House flies; 2019-new coronavirus (2019-nCoV); Coronaviridae

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