SARS-CoV-2 Does Not Replicate in Aedes Mosquito Cells nor Present in Field-Caught Mosquitoes from Wuhan.
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SUBMITTER: Xia H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7322373 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
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SARS-CoV-2 Does Not Replicate in Aedes Mosquito Cells nor Present in Field-Caught Mosquitoes from Wuhan.
Xia Han H Atoni Evans E Zhao Lu L Ren Nanjie N Huang Doudou D Pei Rongjuan R Chen Zhen Z Xiong Jin J Nyaruaba Raphael R Xiao Shuqi S Zhang Bo B Yuan Zhiming Z
Virologica Sinica 20200629 3
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