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SUBMITTER: Cui J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7097006 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cui Jie J Li Fang F Shi Zheng-Li ZL
Nature reviews. Microbiology 20190301 3
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) are two highly transmissible and pathogenic viruses that emerged in humans at the beginning of the 21st century. Both viruses likely originated in bats, and genetically diverse coronaviruses that are related to SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV were discovered in bats worldwide. In this Review, we summarize the current knowledge on the origin and evolution of these two pathogenic coronaviruse ...[more]