SARS-CoV-2-related pangolin coronavirus exhibits similar infection characteristics to SARS-CoV-2 and direct contact transmissibility in hamsters

Summary: To date, intermediate hosts of SARS-CoV-2 remain obscure and controversial. Several studies have shown that SARS-CoV-2-related pangolin coronavirus (Pangolin-CoV) has a high sequence similarity to SARS-CoV-2 and might be the initial source of SARS-CoV-2; however, the biological characterist...

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Main Authors: Zhendong Guo, Cheng Zhang, Chunmao Zhang, Huan Cui, Zhaoliang Chen, Xinyun Jiang, Tiecheng Wang, Yuanguo Li, Jun Liu, Zhonghai Wan, Keyin Meng, Jiping Li, Yigang Tong, Yuwei Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222006216