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. 2020 Apr;18(4):191.
doi: 10.1038/s41579-020-0336-9.

Novel coronavirus takes flight from bats?

Ashley York  1
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Novel coronavirus takes flight from bats?

Ashley York. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

Two recent studies provide initial insights into a novel coronavirus that is associated with an outbreak of human respiratory disease.

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  • A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin.
    Zhou P, Yang XL, Wang XG, Hu B, Zhang L, Zhang W, Si HR, Zhu Y, Li B, Huang CL, Chen HD, Chen J, Luo Y, Guo H, Jiang RD, Liu MQ, Chen Y, Shen XR, Wang X, Zheng XS, Zhao K, Chen QJ, Deng F, Liu LL, Yan B, Zhan FX, Wang YY, Xiao GF, Shi ZL. Zhou P, et al. Nature. 2020 Mar;579(7798):270-273. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2012-7. Epub 2020 Feb 3. Nature. 2020. PMID: 32015507 Free PMC article.
  • A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China.
    Wu F, Zhao S, Yu B, Chen YM, Wang W, Song ZG, Hu Y, Tao ZW, Tian JH, Pei YY, Yuan ML, Zhang YL, Dai FH, Liu Y, Wang QM, Zheng JJ, Xu L, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ. Wu F, et al. Nature. 2020 Mar;579(7798):265-269. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2008-3. Epub 2020 Feb 3. Nature. 2020. PMID: 32015508 Free PMC article.

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