SARS-CoV-2 and the incredible tale of the dying monkeys

Shivanand, Thejaswi (2020) SARS-CoV-2 and the incredible tale of the dying monkeys. i wonder.... pp. 14-18. ISSN 2582-1636

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Abstract

Where did the SARS-CoV-2 come from? Did it appear suddenly, out of nowhere, fully equipped to infect us? Or is it a virus from a bat or pangolin that suddenly jumped species to infect us? How common is it for a microbe to jump host species? And why would a microbe make such a jump?

Item Type:	Articles in APF Magazines
Authors:	Shivanand, Thejaswi
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Infection, Domestic animals, Pandemic, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, KFDV, Zoonosis, Kyasanur Forest Disease Virus (KFDV)
Subjects:	Technology > Medicine & health > Promotion of health
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > University Publications > i wonder...
Full Text Status:	Public
Related URLs:	Hindi version is available here Kannada version is available here
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/2880
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