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《Nature，2月7日，Did pangolins spread the China coronavirus to people?》

  • 来源专题：COVID-19科研动态监测
  • 编译者： zhangmin
  • 发布时间：2020-02-09

  • Did pangolins spread the China coronavirus to people?

    Genetic sequences of viruses isolated from the scaly animals are 99% similar to that of the circulating virus — but the work is yet to be formally published.

    Researchers in Guangzhou, China, have suggested that pangolins — long-snouted, ant-eating mammals often used in traditional Chinese medicine — are the probable animal source of the coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 30,000 people and is wreaking havoc worldwide.

  • 原文来源：https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00364-2
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