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. 2020 Feb 9;63(3):461–462. doi: 10.1007/s11427-020-1645-7

Bat origin of a new human coronavirus: there and back again

Xiang Li 1,3,#, Yuhe Song 4,#, Gary Wong 1,2, Jie Cui 1,2,
PMCID: PMC7088771  PMID: 32048160

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by funding from CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program to J.C.

Compliance and ethics The author(s) declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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