Strategy To Assess Zoonotic Potential Reveals Low Risk Posed by SARS-Related Coronaviruses from Bat and Pangolin

• Published in: mBio Vol. 14; no. 2; p. e0328522
• Main Authors: Yang, Yong, Shen, Xu-Rui, Zhang, Yu-Lan, Jiang, Ren-di, Wang, Xi, Guan, Zhen-Qiong, Li, Qian, Yao, Yu-Lin, Gong, Qian-chun, Geng, Rong, Wang, Qi, Zhu, Yan, Luo, Jing-Yi, Shi, Zheng-Li, Zhang, Hui-lan, Peng, Ke, Zhou, Peng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 25.04.2023
• Subjects: Animals; bat; Chiroptera; COVID-19; Humans; Interferons; pangolin; Pangolins; Phylogeny; Research Article; risk assessment; SARS-CoV-2; severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Virology; Zoonoses; zoonosis; pangolin; risk assessment; bat; severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; zoonosis

Evaluation of the zoonotic risk of animal SARSr-CoVs is important for future disease preparedness. However, there are misconceptions regarding the risk of animal viruses. In the last 2 decades, pathogens originating in animals may have triggered three coronavirus pandemics, including the coronavirus...