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SUBMITTER: Shi J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7164390 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20200408 6494
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes the infectious disease COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), which was first reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Despite extensive efforts to control the disease, COVID-19 has now spread to more than 100 countries and caused a global pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 is thought to have originated in bats; however, the intermediate animal sources of the virus are unknown. In this study, we investigated the susceptibility of ferrets and ...[more]