As ‘With Corona’ is approaching, reports have emerged that another virus with a form similar to the Corona 19 virus has been found.
According to the New York Times (NYT) on the 14th (local time), a research team led by Dr. Marc Ellois, a bacteriologist at the Pasteur Institute in France, collected the saliva and feces of 645 bats from a cave in northern Laos last summer.
Then, they found a virus that is 95% or more similar to ‘SARS-Cov-2’, which caused Corona 19, and has high infectivity in humans. The research team said, “24 types of viruses were found in this experiment, and three of them had a ‘molecular ring’ in a form very similar to that of the Corona 19 virus.
Corona 19, which has caused all mankind to suffer, attaches to a receptor called ACE2 on the surface of human cells and infects humans, the research team explains that this virus also has similar characteristics. is much more powerful than the earlier strains of COVID-19,” he warned. The findings were published online last month and have not yet been published in a scientific journal. The New York Times said virology experts are excited about the discovery, some experts say, although a virus similar to SARS-CoV-2 has already often infected humans, but has not spread widely. He said he thought it might not be possible. If the conditions are right for the spread of the virus, something like a COVID-19 pandemic could happen. The New York Times also said that the results of the study on bats in Laos “will ignite the debate over responsibility for the COVID-19 pandemic.” looked forward Because the virus found in bats penetrates human cells well, it is not made in a laboratory, but is made in a natural state, which shows that it can be transmitted.
University of Arizona bacteriologist Michael Warroby said: “These results substantiate claims that someone made the virus or that it may have been engineered in a laboratory to significantly increase its infectivity in humans.”
(Seoul = News 1)
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