SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses circulating in bats, pangolins
The team found SARS-CoV-2 neutralising bodies in bats of the similar colony and in a pangolin at a wildlife checkpoint in Southern Thailand
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The team found SARS-CoV-2 neutralising bodies in bats of the similar colony and in a pangolin at a wildlife checkpoint in Southern Thailand
Study finds SARS CoV-2-related viruses in Southeast Asian animals Only 19 mammal species are longer-lived than humans relative to body size. Eighteen of them are bats, some living more than four decades. Photo: ReutersPremium 2 min read Share Via Read Full Story While various researches are ongoing to investigate the origin and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in China, a new study has warned that SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses (SC2r-CoVs) are circulating in animals such as bats and pangolins as far away as Thailand and are likely in other parts of Southeast Asia. TRENDING STORIESSee All 2 min re...
Bats carrying coronaviruses closely related to the one that causes Covid-19 found outside China The three Rhinolophus species of horseshoe bats that have so far been shown to be carriers of coronaviruses linked to Sars-CoV-2 cannot be found in Singapore. Photo: AFP The Straits Times, Singapore The Straits Times, Singapore Horseshoe bats carrying coronaviruses very similar to the one that causes Covid-19 have been found outside China, so the pandemic may not necessarily have originated in the country, say scientists in a new study. It is likely that ...
E-Mail While the World Health Organization (WHO) continues its mission to Wuhan investigating the origin and early transmission of SARS-CoV-2, a new study led by scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, and Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, shows that SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses (SC2r-CoVs) are circulating in animals as far away as Thailand. The study, published in Nature Communications today, reported that high levels of neutralising antibodies against the virus were present in both bats and pangolins found in the Southeast Asian country. The study further indicates that...
This is the only known photo of Huang Yanling, a researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology who disappeared after being named as “patient zero”.