An appeal for an objective, open, and transparent scientific debate about the origin of SARS-CoV-2 - Authors' reply

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¹ National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA. Electronic address: keusch@bu.edu.
² University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
³ Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.
⁴ The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
⁵ Institute of Infection Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

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Gerald T Keusch et al. Lancet. 2021.

. 2021 Oct 16;398(10309):1404-1405.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02013-4. Epub 2021 Sep 17.

¹ National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA. Electronic address: keusch@bu.edu.
² University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
³ Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.
⁴ The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
⁵ Institute of Infection Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

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An appeal for an objective, open, and transparent scientific debate about the origin of SARS-CoV-2.
van Helden J, Butler CD, Achaz G, Canard B, Casane D, Claverie JM, Colombo F, Courtier V, Ebright RH, Graner F, Leitenberg M, Morand S, Petrovsky N, Segreto R, Decroly E, Halloy J. van Helden J, et al. Lancet. 2021 Oct 16;398(10309):1402-1404. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02019-5. Epub 2021 Sep 17. Lancet. 2021. PMID: 34543608 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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