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The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2

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Andersen, Kristian G., Rambaut, Andrew, Lipkin, W. Ian, Holmes, Edward C., Garry, Robert F.·2020·Nature Medicine

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Authors
Andersen, K. G., Rambaut, A., Lipkin, W. I., Holmes, E. C., & Garry, R. F.
Affiliations
  • Scripps Research Institute (US)
  • University of Edinburgh (GB)
  • Columbia University (US)
  • The University of Sydney (AU)
  • Tulane University (US)
Corresponding author
Andersen, Kristian G.
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2020-03-17
Volume
26
Issue
4
Pages
450-452
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W3011127849
Cited by
5,081
References
25
Citations by year
2026: 51 · 2025: 124 · 2024: 256 · 2023: 412 · 2022: 905 · 2021: 1568 · 2020: 1755 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2012: 2
FWCI
152.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • The Sydney eScholarship Repository (The University of Sydney) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Tulane University
  • Wellcome Trust
  • University of Sydney
  • Marie Bashir Institute, University of Sydney
  • School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (U54HG007480, U01HG007480)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U19AI142790, U19AI135995)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Zoonotic diseases and public health
Keywords
SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 pandemic, viral origin, zoonotic transmission, reservoir hosts
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adaptation, Biological, Animals, China, Chiroptera, Biological Evolution, Humans, Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A, Mammals, Pneumonia, Viral, Polysaccharides, Selection, Genetic, Zoonoses, Coronavirus Infections, Genomics, Virus Attachment, Pandemics, RNA Cleavage, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus

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