Trafficking of live mammals is considered a major risk for emergence of zoonotic viruses. SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses have previously been identified in pangolins, the world's most smuggled mammal. A new study identifies a MERS-related coronavirus in trafficked pangolins with broad mammalian tropism and a newly acquired furin cleavage site in Spike.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9933577 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.01.009 | DOI Listing |
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