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ArticleGene reports2021

SARS-CoV-2 spillover transmission due to recombination event.

Nariman Shahhosseini, Gary Wong, Gary P Kobinger, Sadegh Chinikar

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Article in Gene reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 5 countries.

Nariman ShahhosseiniDépartement de Microbiologie-Infectiologie et d'Immunologie, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
Gary WongDépartement de Microbiologie-Infectiologie et d'Immunologie, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
Gary P KobingerDépartement de Microbiologie-Infectiologie et d'Immunologie, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
Sadegh ChinikarInstitute of Virology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria.
Université Laval · CAUniversity of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna · AT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In late 2019, a novel Coronavirus emerged in China. Perceiving the modulating factors of cross-species virus transmission is critical to elucidate the nature of virus emergence. Using bioinformatics tools, we analyzed the mapping of the SARS-CoV-2 genome, modeling of protein structure, and analyze the evolutionary origin of SARS-CoV-2, as well as potential recombination events. Phylogenetic tree analysis shows that SARS-CoV-2 has the closest evolutionary relationship with Bat-SL-CoV-2 (RaTG13) at the scale of the complete virus genome, and less similarity to Pangolin-CoV. However, the Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) of SARS-CoV-2 is almost identical to Pangolin-CoV at the aa level, suggesting that spillover transmission probably occurred directly from pangolins, but not bats. Further recombination analysis revealed the pathway for spillover transmission from Bat-SL-CoV-2 and Pangolin-CoV. Here, we provide evidence for recombination event between Bat-SL-CoV-2 and Pangolin-CoV that resulted in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2. Nevertheless, the role of mutations should be noted as another influencing factor in the continuing evolution and resurgence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants.

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Bat-SL-CoV-2, Bat SARS like Coronavirus 2CoV, coronavirusCOVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019hACE2, human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2MERS, Middle East Respiratory SyndromeMutationPandemicPhylogeneticsRBD, receptor binding domainRecombinationSARS-CoV-2SARS, severe acute respiratory syndromeVirulence

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PMID33615041
PMCPMC7884226
OpenAlexW3132074828

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