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Possible Bat Origin of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.

Susanna K P Lau Hayes K H Luk Antonio C P Wong Kenneth S M Li Longchao Zhu Zirong He Joshua Fung Tony T Y Chan Kitty S C Fung Patrick C Y Woo
PMID32315281 DOI10.3201/eid2607.200092 Year2020 Journal Emerging infectious diseases Emerg Infect Dis Languageeng Publication statusActive
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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.

bats 47 coronavirus disease 15 COVID-19 470 genomic analysis 3 recombinant virus 0 recombination 42 respiratory infections 31 SARS-CoV-2 556 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 20 viruses 120 zoonoses 482 Animals 1981 Betacoronavirus 79 Chiroptera 376 Phylogeny 826 Recombination, Genetic 59 SARS-CoV-2 456

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