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Original paper

A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin

Nature50.50
Volume: 579, Issue: 7798, Pages: 270 - 273
Published: Feb 3, 2020
Abstract
Since the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) 18 years ago, a large number of SARS-related coronaviruses (SARSr-CoVs) have been discovered in their natural reservoir host, bats 1–4 . Previous studies have shown that some bat SARSr-CoVs have the potential to infect humans 5–7 . Here we report the identification and characterization of a new coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which caused an epidemic of acute respiratory syndrome in humans...
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Fig. 1 | Genome characterization of 2019-nCoV. a, Metagenomics analysis of next-...
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Fig. 2 | Molecular and serological investigation of patient samples. a, Molecula...
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Fig. 3 | Analysis of the receptor use of 2019-nCoV. Determination of virus infec...
Paper Details
Title
A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin
Published Date
Feb 3, 2020
Journal
Volume
579
Issue
7798
Pages
270 - 273
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