Can ACE2 Receptor Polymorphism Predict Species Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2?

A novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, emerged in China in December 2019 and spread worldwide, causing more than 1.3 million deaths in 11 months. Similar to the human SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2 shares strong sequence homologies with a sarbecovirus circulating in Rhinolophus aff...

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Main Authors: Christian A. Devaux, Lucile Pinault, Ikram Omar Osman, Didier Raoult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.608765/full