Guan Yi and other new research: pangolin may be the intermediate host of new coronavirus
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Last Update: 2020-02-20
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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On February 18, Professor Guan Yi and Professor Hu Yanling of Guangxi Medical University, as co correspondents, published research identification of 2019 ncov related coronaviruses in Malayan pangolins in southern China on biorxiv, the platform for preprint of this paper, pointing out that pangolin may be the intermediate host of new coronavirus Although bats may be the natural host of 2019 ncov, it is not clear whether there is an intermediate host that can help transmit the virus from bats to humans, the study said The research team detected pangolin samples from anti smuggling operations in southern China, and found 2019 ncov related coronavirus in pangolin samples This coronavirus belongs to two subtypes of 2019 ncov related coronavirus, and one receptor binding domain is closely related to 2019 ncov.
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