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Chan790

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8. It's not a ridiculous question, but "No, not to my knowledge."
Sat Oct 4, 2014, 09:40 PM
Oct 2014

As magical thyme said, mosquitoes are neither a vector not a reservoir for Z. ebolavirus (EBOV) or any other member of the viral family of Filoviridae. (which includes the 5 known species of Ebolavirus, and the one known Marburgvirus, and one known Cuevavirus)

That doesn't mean they can't be or it will not mutate to become so...but it's not likely, just as it is not likely that it can mutate to become airborne. (Filoviruses are large with long RNA chains which makes them highly susceptible to mutation but unlikely to mutate in certain specific ways such as becoming aerial vectors or adapting to a new host organism.)

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