Genetic diversity and potential recombination between ferret coronaviruses from European and American lineages
Recently, an outbreak of unusual viral pneumonia in Wuhan city, China has sickened dozens of people. Preliminary studies indicated a novel coronavirus as the likely cause of the outbreak. Genetic recombination has been shown to contribute to the evolution of coronaviruses, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and the middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Recent papers in this journal also described the involvement of recombination in viral evolution.
Source: Journal of Infection - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Yifei Xu Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
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