The origins of COVID‐19 pandemic: A brief overview

YJ Hao, YL Wang, MY Wang, L Zhou… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) outbreak that emerged at the end of 2019 has
now swept the world for more than 2 years, causing immeasurable damage to the lives and …

Understanding the origin of COVID-19 requires to change the paradigm on zoonotic emergence from the spillover to the circulation model

R Frutos, L Gavotte, CA Devaux - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2021 - Elsevier
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread with currently more than 117 million
cumulated cases and 2.6 million deaths worldwide as per March 2021, its origin is still …

[HTML][HTML] Tracing the origins of SARS-CoV-2: lessons learned from the past

Q Wang, H Chen, Y Shi, AC Hughes, WJ Liu, J Jiang… - Cell Research, 2021 - nature.com
The origins of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) remain
elusive; understanding how, when, and where SARS-CoV-2 was transmitted from its natural …

A critical analysis of the evidence for the SARS-CoV-2 origin hypotheses

JC Alwine, A Casadevall, LW Enquist… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
When humans experience a new, devastating viral infection such as severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), significant challenges arise. How should …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: The most important research questions

KS Yuen, ZW Ye, SY Fung, CP Chan, DY Jin - Cell & bioscience, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an ongoing global health emergency. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] The origins of SARS-CoV-2: A critical review

EC Holmes, SA Goldstein, AL Rasmussen… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Since the first reports of a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-like coronavirus
in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, there has been intense interest in understanding how …

The unresolved question on COVID‐19 virus origin: The three cards game?

A Borsetti, F Scarpa, A Maruotti, F Divino… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ongoing discussion about the real origin of the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) feeds acrimonious debates. Where did SARS‐CoV‐2 come …

The emergence and evolution of SARS-CoV-2

EC Holmes - Annual review of virology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The origin of SARS-CoV-2 has evoked heated debate and strong accusations, yet
seemingly little resolution. I review the scientific evidence on the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and …

The SARS‐CoV‐2 origin dilemma: Zoonotic transfer or laboratory leak?

BE Ruiz‐Medina, A Varela‐Ramirez, RA Kirken… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic is responsible for millions of deaths worldwide yet its origin
remains unclear. Two potential scenarios of how infection of humans initially occurred …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: an update of current literature

KP Patel, SR Vunnam, PA Patel, KL Krill… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiologic agent for the
2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, has caused a public health emergency …