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Why Tracking the SARS-CoV-2 Origin Is Critical – MD Magazine

Uncovering the zoological host that first transmitted the virus to humans could inform factors relevant to this pandemic—and the next one.

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For all thats become understood in the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic over the last year, a crucial missing piece of the puzzle remains the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus itself.
Though its well established that the first known infections were discovered in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, investigations have not settled on the intermediary host which transferred the virus from the mostly likely SARS-CoV-2 reservoirhorseshoe batsto humans.
That information is vital to a myriad of issues still persistent…

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