A large team of virologists from several insts in China have discovered #SARSCoV2 - like viruses in bats in Yunnan Province. This pre-print contains much of interest.
- 411 bat samples were collected between May 2019 & Nov 2020.
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cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092…
- 411 bat samples were collected between May 2019 & Nov 2020.
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cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092…
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- genome analysis shows 4 novel #SARSCoV2 -related viruses
- 3 of them carry a genetically distinct spike gene that could weakly bind to the human ACE2 receptors in vitro
- and 3 other viruses were found, similar to the one that caused #SARS in 2003
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- genome analysis shows 4 novel #SARSCoV2 -related viruses
- 3 of them carry a genetically distinct spike gene that could weakly bind to the human ACE2 receptors in vitro
- and 3 other viruses were found, similar to the one that caused #SARS in 2003
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- the ecological niche for these bats stretches from South Laos & Vietnam & Myanmar to southern China
- genetic sequence identity for #SARSCoV2 and original #SARS of new-found viruses ranges from 94 to 97.7%
- some genomic clustering with pangolin virus seen
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- the ecological niche for these bats stretches from South Laos & Vietnam & Myanmar to southern China
- genetic sequence identity for #SARSCoV2 and original #SARS of new-found viruses ranges from 94 to 97.7%
- some genomic clustering with pangolin virus seen
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- one of these newly found bat coronaviruses - RpYN06 - is 94.5% genetically identical to the #SARSCoV2 genome as a whole, & "in some individual gene regions was the closest relative of SARS-CoV-2 identified to date."
- near-identical viruses found in many bat species.
- one of these newly found bat coronaviruses - RpYN06 - is 94.5% genetically identical to the #SARSCoV2 genome as a whole, & "in some individual gene regions was the closest relative of SARS-CoV-2 identified to date."
- near-identical viruses found in many bat species.
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