3.3 Possible hypothesis
The hypothesis was substantial enough necessitating a full descriptive cycle diagram. Therefore, figure 5 provides a hypothesis about the possible ways that I. uriae ticks can use to transmit SARS-CoV-2 to humans. In relation to the evolution of host specificity and local adaptation of ticks (Klompen, Black, Keirans, & Oliver, 1996), permits us to form the described potential hypothesis that remains to be scientifically proven.