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PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus (18): China (HU) animal reservoir

January 25, 2020 editor Global Disease Alerts
Coronavirus -- ChinaSince the SARS outbreak 18 years ago, a large number of severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronaviruses (SARSr-CoV) have been discovered in their natural reservoir host, bats. Previous studies indicated that some of those bat SARSr-CoVs have the potential to infect humans. Here we report the identification and characterization of a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that caused an epidemic of acute respiratory syndrome in humans in Wuhan, China. The epidemic, started from 12 Read more [...]
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