«Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus» («Открытие богатого генофонда коронавирусов, связанных с атипичной пневмонией летучих мышей, позволяет по-новому взглянуть на происхождение коронавируса атипичной пневмонии»).

(Hu B1, Zeng LP1, Yang XL1, Ge XY1, Zhang W1, Li B1, Xie JZ1, Shen XR1, Zhang YZ2,3, Wang N1, Luo DS1, Zheng XS1, Wang MN1, Daszak P4, Wang LF5, Cui J1, Shi ZL1.).

In contrast, when Vero E6 cells were respectively infected with the two successfully rescued chimeric SARSr-CoVs, WIV1-Rs4231S and WIV1-Rs7327S, and the newly isolated Rs4874, efficient virus replication was detected in all infections (Fig 7). To assess whether the three novel SARSr-CoVs can use human ACE2 as a cellular entry receptor, we conducted virus infectivity studies using HeLa cells with or without the expression of human ACE2. All viruses replicated efficiently in the human ACE2-expressing cells. The results were further confirmed by quantification of viral RNA using real-time RT-PCR (Fig 8).

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Bat Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Like Coronavirus WIV1 Encodes an Extra Accessory Protein, ORFX, Involved in Modulation of the Host Immune Response

Lei-Ping Zeng, Yu-Tao Gao, Xing-Yi Ge, Qian Zhang, Cheng Peng, Xing-Lou Yang, Bing Tan, Jing Chen, Aleksei A. Chmura, Peter Daszak, Zheng-Li Shi

Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, which works to protect wildlife and public health from emerging diseases? No. The FBI and the CIA must have a lot of questions for this man.