The unresolved question on COVID-19 virus origin : The three cards game?

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The ongoing discussion about the real origin of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) feeds acrimonious debates. Where did SARS-CoV-2 come from? Was SARS-CoV-2 transmitted in the wild from an animal to a person before exploding in Wuhan or was it an engineered virus that escaped from research or a laboratory in Wuhan? Right now, we still don't know enough whether SARS-CoV-2 is human-made or not, and lab-leak theories remain essentially speculative. Many recent studies have pointed out several plausible scenarios. Anyhow, currently, even if suspicions by some about the possibility of lab-leak hypothesis still remain, the consensus view is that the pandemic probably started from a natural source and, to determine the real origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, further research is needed.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:94

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Journal of medical virology - 94(2022), 4 vom: 13. Apr., Seite 1257-1260

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Borsetti, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Scarpa, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Maruotti, Antonello [VerfasserIn]
Divino, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Ceccarelli, Giancarlo [VerfasserIn]
Giovanetti, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Ciccozzi, Massimo [VerfasserIn]

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Coronavirus
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Pandemics
SARS coronavirus
Virus classification

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Date Completed 24.02.2022

Date Revised 24.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jmv.27519

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NLM334342317