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Probable Pangolin Origin of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with the COVID-19 Outbreak.

Tao Zhang, +2 more
- 06 Apr 2020 - 
- Vol. 30, Iss: 7, pp 1578
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Genomic and evolutionary evidence of the occurrence of a SARS-CoV-2-like CoV (named Pangolin-Cov) in dead Malayan pangolins is found and suggests that pangolin species are a natural reservoir of SARS
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This article is published in Current Biology.The article was published on 2020-04-06 and is currently open access. It has received 1213 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pangolin & Disease reservoir.

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