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Comment
. 2021 Sep 8:9:719914.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.719914. eCollection 2021.

The Origin of Sars-CoV-2: Why It Matters

Paolo Vineis  1 , Stefania Salmaso  2   3
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The Origin of Sars-CoV-2: Why It Matters

Paolo Vineis et al. Front Public Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Mojian mine; SARS-CoV-2; Wuhan; bats.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Comment on

  • Investigate the origins of COVID-19.
    Bloom JD, Chan YA, Baric RS, Bjorkman PJ, Cobey S, Deverman BE, Fisman DN, Gupta R, Iwasaki A, Lipsitch M, Medzhitov R, Neher RA, Nielsen R, Patterson N, Stearns T, van Nimwegen E, Worobey M, Relman DA. Bloom JD, et al. Science. 2021 May 14;372(6543):694. doi: 10.1126/science.abj0016. Science. 2021. PMID: 33986172 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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