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Zoonotic transmission of MERS‐CoV. The emergence of MERS‐CoV from dromedary camels is facilitated by the presence of a highly similar viral receptor (DPP4) in humans. Hypothetically, MERS‐CoV present in dromedary camels may have emerged from CoVs in bats that also use DPP4 as an entry receptor
