New Coronavirus-Like Virus Found In Bats
CP | By Helen Branswell
Posted: 01/21/2013 4:05 am EST |
TORONTO - Viruses closely related to the new coronavirus that emerged last year in the Middle East have been discovered in specimens from a number of species of bats found widely throughout Europe and beyond, a new study shows.
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"We will never have a definite answer unless we find the source. But we will have very, very clear hints if we sequence more viruses," Drosten said. "The further apart in time, and in geography, those virus sequences are, the more we will learn."http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/01...n_2518541.html
CP | By Helen Branswell
Posted: 01/21/2013 4:05 am EST |
TORONTO - Viruses closely related to the new coronavirus that emerged last year in the Middle East have been discovered in specimens from a number of species of bats found widely throughout Europe and beyond, a new study shows.
snip.
"We will never have a definite answer unless we find the source. But we will have very, very clear hints if we sequence more viruses," Drosten said. "The further apart in time, and in geography, those virus sequences are, the more we will learn."http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/01...n_2518541.html