Pangolin merbecovirus gets down to (poly)basics

Trafficking of live mammals is considered a major risk for emergence of zoonotic viruses. SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses have previously been identified in pangolins, the world’s most smuggled mammal. A new study identifies a MERS-related coronavirus in trafficked pangolins with broad mammalian tr...

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Autor principal: Neil, Stuart J.D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9933577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36803601
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.01.009
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Sumario:Trafficking of live mammals is considered a major risk for emergence of zoonotic viruses. SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses have previously been identified in pangolins, the world’s most smuggled mammal. A new study identifies a MERS-related coronavirus in trafficked pangolins with broad mammalian tropism and a newly acquired furin cleavage site in Spike.

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