Are pangolins the intermediate host of the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)?

Liu, Ping; Jiang, Jing‐Zhe; Wan, Xiu‐Feng; Hua, Yan; Li, Linmiao; Zhou, Jiabin; Wang, Xiaohu; Hou, Fanghui; Chen, Jing; Chen, Jing; Zou, Jiejian; Chen, Jinping; Chen, Jinping

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1008421

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Are pangolins the intermediate host of the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)?

Published in PLoS Pathogens • May 14, 2020

Authors:

Ping Liu

Jing‐Zhe Jiang

Xiu‐Feng Wan

Abstract

The outbreak of a novel corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the city of Wuhan, China has resulted in more than 1.7 million laboratory confirmed cases all over the world. Recent studies showed that SARS-CoV-2 was likely originated from bats, but its intermediate hosts are still largely unknown. I...

Subject

Pangolin

Coronavirus

Outbreak

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