The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic constitutes a global health
emergency. Currently, there are no completely effective therapeutic medications for the …

Conservationists can benefit from encompassing research, social, and economic aspects of
conservation issues to produce holistic conservation guidelines. Pangolins have become a …

Eight extant species of pangolins are currently recognized. Recent studies found that two
mitochondrial haplotypes identified in confiscations in Hong Kong could not be assigned to …

Pangolins are the most trafficked wild animal in the world according to the World Wildlife
Fund. The discovery of SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses in Malayan pangolins has …

As the first line of defence against pathogens, cells mount an innate immune response,
which varies widely from cell to cell. The response must be potent but carefully controlled to …

Background Microbial inhabitants of soils are important to ecosystem and planetary
functions, yet there are large gaps in our knowledge of their diversity and ecology. The …

There is a near-consensus view that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-
CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19, has a natural zoonotic origin; however, several …

Zoonotic infections are an imminent threat to human health. Pangolins were recently
identified as carriers and intermediate hosts of coronaviruses. Previous research has shown …

Approximately 3 billion people around the world have gone into some form of social
separation to mitigate the current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

Pangolins are among the most critically endangered animals due to heavy poaching and
worldwide trafficking. However, their demographic histories and the genomic consequences …