June 2, 2020

U.S. and Chinese Scientists Trace Evolution of Coronaviruses in Bats

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U.S. and Chinese Scientists Trace Evolution of Coronaviruses in Bats

2020-06-01 00:00:00, James Gorman, New York Times

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25

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14.27 min

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Intermediate

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11th or 12th

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The researchers, mostly Chinese and American, conducted an exhaustive search for and analysis of coronaviruses in bats, with an eye to identifying hot spots for potential spillovers of these viruses into humans, and resulting disease outbreaks.

The new research includes an analysis of bat and viral evolution that strongly supports the suspected origin of the virus in horseshoe bats, but isn't definitive, largely because a vast amount about such viruses remains unknown.

He said the region was characterized not only by bat and coronavirus diversity, but by urbanization, population growth and intense poultry and livestock farming, all of which could lead to viruses jumping from one species to another, and to the spread of human disease.

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In their report, posted online Sunday, they also point to the great variety of these viruses in southern and southwestern China and urge closer monitoring of bat viruses in the area and greater efforts to change human behavior as ways of decreasing the chances of future pandemics.

Keywords
Burma, Bat, US Politics, Myanmar, Coronavirus, Southeast Asia, NIH, EcoHealth Alliance, Research, Donald Trump, Vietnam, China, COVID-19, Richard H. Ebright, Laos, Nature Communications Journal, Rutgers, Peter Daszak, your-feed-science, SARS

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