Composite COVID Image, UC San Diego Health Sciences (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Composite COVID Image, UC San Diego Health Sciences

Caption

Horseshoe bats are the primary host for the ancestor of the viruses that caused both the 2002 SARS outbreak and the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new study suggests that the wildlife trade transported the virus to the places where they first emerged in humans.

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Composite image: COVID-19, Greater horseshoe bats, Raffaele Maiorano, CC0 1.0 via iNaturalist; SARS-CoV-2 virus, NAIAD, CC-BY-2.0; palm civet, Rejoice Gassah, CC BY 4.0 via iNaturalist

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