Questions concerning the proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2.

Murat SeyranDamiano PizzolParise Adadi Tarek Mohamed Abd El-AzizSk Sarif HassanAntonio SoaresRamesh KandimallaKenneth LundstromMurtaza M TambuwalaAlaa A A AljabaliAmos LalGajendra K AzadPabitra P ChoudhuryVladimir N UverskySamendra P SherchanBruce D UhalNima RezaeiAdam M Brufsky

Published in: Journal of medical virology (2020)

There is a consensus that Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) originated naturally from Bat coronaviruses (CoVs), in particular RaTG13. However, the SARS-CoV-2 host tropism/adaptation pattern has significant discrepancies compared to other CoVs, raising questions concerning the proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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