Evolutionary perspectives on novel coronaviruses identified in pneumonia cases in China

作     者：Xiaoman Wei Xiang Li Jie Cui Xiaoman Wei;Xiang Li;Jie Cui

作者机构：CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology &Immunology Institut Pasteur of ShanghaiChinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan Institute of Virology Center for Biosafety Mega-Science Chinese Academy of Sciences University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 

出 版 物：《National Science Review》 (国家科学评论(英文版))

年 卷 期：2020年第7卷第2期

页      面：239-242页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：supported by CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program 

主　　题：origin Evolutionary perspectives on novel coronaviruses identified in pneumonia cases in China 

摘      要：Coronaviruses, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), are highly transmissible pathogens, and they can be lethal in humans. Bats are believed to be the original sources of these lethal pathogens. In December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia cases was reported in Wuhan and a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV, now officially named as SARS-