Prediction of SARS-CoV-2 hosts among Brazilian mammals and new coronavirus transmission chain using evolutionary bioinformatics

• Main Authors: Luciano Rodrigo Lopes (Author), Giancarlo de Mattos Cardillo (Author), Natália Carvalho de Lucca Pina (Author), Antonio Carlos da Silva Junior (Author), Silvana Kertzer Kasinski (Author), Paulo Bandiera-Paiva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and SARS-CoV-2 are thought to transmit to humans via wild mammals, especially bats. However, evidence for direct bat-to-human transmission is lacking. Involvement of intermediate hosts is considered a reason for SARS-CoV-2 transmissio...