Bat Viruses Nearing Human Spillover Spark Pandemic Fears Scientists warn that bat viruses closely related to MERS may only be one mutation away from jumping into humans. Could HKU5 be the next pandemic trigger?

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Wildlife trade, not bats, likely moved the ancestors of SARS-CoV-2 to humans New genetic analyses reveal that the bat virus ancestors of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 likely circulated in Western China or Northern Laos just years before human outbreaks. Their rapid appearance thou...

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