A Genomic Perspective on the Origin and Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 | Zendy

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A Genomic Perspective on the Origin and Emergence of SARS-CoV-2

Author(s) -

Yǒng-Zhèn Zhāng,

Edward C. Holmes

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

cell

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304

H-Index - 776

eISSN - 1097-4172

pISSN - 0092-8674

DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2020.03.035

Subject(s) - pandemic , biology , case fatality rate , covid-19 , coronavirus , genome , pneumonia , virology , china , evolutionary biology , genetics , demography , population , gene , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medicine , history , archaeology , pathology , sociology

The ongoing pandemic of a new human coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has generated enormous global concern. We and others in China were involved in the initial genome sequencing of the virus. Herein, we describe what genomic data reveal about the emergence SARS-CoV-2 and discuss the gaps in our understanding of its origins.

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