However, Culex quinquefasciatus and Ochlerotatus serratus mosquito bites can also transmit the virus. There has never been evidence of the virus spreading directly from person to person.

While the Australian backyard mosquito (Aedes notoscriptus) and the southern house mosquito (Culex quinquefasciatus) were the most common across both areas, the citizen scientist data also ...

Finally, a study conducted in Tanzania revealed that the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus actively avoids laying eggs in habitats occupied by the annual killifish Nothobranchius neumanni.