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

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...

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Main Authors: Ping Liu, Jing-Zhe Jiang, Xiu-Feng Wan, Yan Hua, Linmiao Li, Jiabin Zhou, Xiaohu Wang, Fanghui Hou, Jing Chen, Jiejian Zou, Jinping Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-05-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008421