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What are the natural origins of SARS-CoV-2? – News-Medical.Net
Researchers from the UK and China performed a comprehensive analysis of horseshoe bat and pangolin Sarbecoviruses to shed light on the origins of SARS-CoV-2.
Over a year since the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) the etiological agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) the exact origins of this novel virus remains a mystery, with no clear animal progenitor or intermediary host confirmed.
A zoonotic (animal-derived) pathogen, SARS-CoV-2 was initially thought to have spilled over to human hosts through a wet market in Wuhan, China, where it was first detected in December 2019.
Environmental samples from the…
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