Published May 14, 2021
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Investigate the origins of COVID-19
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Bloom, Jesse D.1, 2
- Chan, Yujia Alina3
- Baric, Ralph S.4
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Bjorkman, Pamela J.5
- Cobey, Sarah6
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Deverman, Benjamin E.3
- Fisman, David N.7
- Gupta, Ravindra8
- Iwasaki, Akiko9, 2
- Lipsitch, Marc10
- Medzhitov, Ruslan9, 2
- Neher, Richard A.11
- Nielsen, Rasmus12
- Patterson, Nick10
- Stearns, Tim13
- van Nimwegen, Erik11
- Worobey, Michael14
- Relman, David A.13
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Broad Institute
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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California Institute of Technology
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University of Chicago
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University of Toronto
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University of Cambridge
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Yale University
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Harvard University
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University of Basel
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University of California, Berkeley
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Stanford University
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University of Arizona
Abstract
On 30 December 2019, the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases notified the world about a pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, China (1). Since then, scientists have made remarkable progress in understanding the causative agent, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), its transmission, pathogenesis, and mitigation by vaccines, therapeutics, and non-pharmaceutical interventions. Yet more investigation is still needed to determine the origin of the pandemic. Theories of accidental release from a lab and zoonotic spillover both remain viable. Knowing how COVID-19 emerged is critical for informing global strategies to mitigate the risk of future outbreaks.
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- PMC9520851
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