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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 21;26(7). doi: 10.3201/eid2607.200092. [Epub ahead of print]
Possible Bat Origin of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.
Lau SKP, Luk HKH, Wong ACP, Li KSM, Zhu L, He Z, Fung J, Chan TTY, Fung KSC, Woo PCY.
Abstract
We showed that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is probably a novel recombinant virus. Its genome is closest to that of severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronaviruses from horseshoe bats, and its receptor-binding domain is closest to that of pangolin viruses. Its origin and direct ancestral viruses have not been identified.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; bats; coronavirus disease; genomic analysis; recombinant virus; recombination; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses
PMID:32315281DOI:10.3201/eid2607.200092
Possible Bat Origin of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.
Lau SKP, Luk HKH, Wong ACP, Li KSM, Zhu L, He Z, Fung J, Chan TTY, Fung KSC, Woo PCY.
Abstract
We showed that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is probably a novel recombinant virus. Its genome is closest to that of severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronaviruses from horseshoe bats, and its receptor-binding domain is closest to that of pangolin viruses. Its origin and direct ancestral viruses have not been identified.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; bats; coronavirus disease; genomic analysis; recombinant virus; recombination; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses
PMID:32315281DOI:10.3201/eid2607.200092