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Bats—The Magnificent Virus Player: SARS, MERS, COVID-19 and Beyond

Published:2023-11-29 Issue:12 Volume:15 Page:2342
ISSN:1999-4915
Container-title:Viruses
language:en
Short-container-title:Viruses

Author:

Li Kenneth S. M.¹^ORCID,Lau Susanna K. P.¹^ORCID,Woo Patrick C. Y.¹²³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China

2. Doctoral Program in Translational Medicine and Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan

3. The iEGG and Animal Biotechnology Research Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan

Abstract

Irrespective of whether COVID-19 originated from a natural or a genetically engineered virus, the ultimate source of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is bats [...]

Funder

National Science and Technology Council

Ministry of Education

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Virology,Infectious Diseases

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/15/12/2342/pdf

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