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- University of Melbourne Australia
- University of Glasgow United Kingdom
- Imperial College London United Kingdom
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- University of California, Berkeley United States
- Texas A&M University United States
- Wellcome Trust United Kingdom
- Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University China (People's Republic of)
- University of Pennsylvania United States
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- University of Otago New Zealand
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- Medical University of Vienna Austria
The Origins of SARS-CoV-2: A Critical Review Holmes et al. Published online: 18-Aug-2021, Cell, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.08.017 Since the first reports of a novel SARS-like coronavirus in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, there has been intense interest in understanding how SARS-CoV-2 emerged in the human population. Recent debate has coalesced around two competing ideas: a “laboratory escape” scenario and zoonotic emergence. Here, we critically review the current scientific evidence that may help clarify the origin of SARS-CoV-2. Computer readable versions of data tables, SVG maps, and acknowledgements of sequence data used are available from: https://github.com/sars-cov-2-origins/critical-review
Authors' final peer-reviewed version. Published as: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.08.017