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October 31, 2013

SARS-like viruses can jump from bats to humans: study
Paris (AFP) Oct 30, 2013
Scientists said Wednesday they had found evidence that SARS-like coronaviruses can jump straight from a type of Chinese bat to humans without the need for an intermediary animal "host". The find has "enormous implications" for public health control, with potentially pandemic viruses present, right now, in bats in China that could cause another outbreak, said the authors of the study published in the journal Nature. "Even worse, we don't know how lethal these viruses would be if such an outbreak ... read more

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