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SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission possible in North American deer mice – News-Medical.Net

The current COVID-19 pandemic began as a zoonosis in China, at the end of 2019, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a novel betacoronavirus with significant similarity to an earlier virus of the same family.

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The current COVID-19 pandemic began as a zoonosis in China, at the end of 2019, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a novel betacoronavirus with significant similarity to an earlier virus of the same family.
The virus is thought to have jumped from bats to humans, perhaps through another host such as the pangolin. During this process, it may have undergone recombination events altering the receptor-binding domain.
The infection has been shown to infect Syria…

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