New analysis of Wuhan market samples reveal 'specific species' potential carriers of COVID-19 virus
While the Chinese CDC team listed animals that were sold at the market at the time, including rabbits and bamboo rats, the authors of this paper said that the 2023 study left unresolved the exact identities of the animal species.
New data supports animal market origins of COVID-19 pandemic
A new study supports the theory that the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic originated from Hunan Seafood Wholesale wet market in Wuhan, China.
A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19's origin
While the research bolsters the case that COVID-19 emerged from animals, it does not resolve the polarized and political debate over whether the virus instead emerged from a research lab in China.
Scientists Shed Light on Wildlife Species at Origin of COVID-19 in Wuhan
Genetic tracing at the Huanan Seafood Market supports hypothesis that the COVID pandemic spread from animals there.
New analysis of samples from Wuhan animal market supports its role as a central site of early spread of Covid-19
After an in-depth analysis of the genetic material from hundreds of swabs taken from the walls, floors, machines and drains inside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China — a site that’s been described as an epicenter of early spread of Covid-19 — scientists say they now know exactly which species of animals were in the same area where investigators also found the most positive samples the virus that causes Covid-19.
Genetic tracing at the Huanan Seafood market further supports COVID animal origins
A new study provides a list of the wildlife species present at the market from which SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, most likely arose in late 2019. The study is based on a new analysis of metatranscriptomic data released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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