Newly-released genetic data suggests raccoon dogs carrying SARS-CoV-2 may have been at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in late 2019.
Scientists found the strongest evidence yet that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 leapt from animals to humans at a market in China, fueling the first reported outbreak of COVID-19. The genetic data was uploaded to a public database and then promptly removed at the request of the Chinese team that first shared it.
The analysis, which is not yet complete and has not yet been published, cannot definitely prove that infected raccoon dogs were present at the market. And if the animals were infected, the research cannot show how they caught the virus or how the virus spread from there.
Just hours after downloading the data from GISAID, scientists led by Kristian Andersen , Edward Holmes , and Michael Worobey uncovered the raccoon dog DNA commingled with SARS-CoV-2 genetic material. The team presented their findings Tuesday to the World Health Organization's Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens, The Atlantic reported. —Wuhan lab says there's no way coronavirus originated there. Here's the science.
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