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Tens of thousands of people exposed to bat coronaviruses each year

These infections increase the risk of the next pandemic.
  1. Smriti Mallapaty
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Every year, tens of thousands of people are silently infected with previously unknown bat coronaviruses related to the one that causes COVID-19, according to a study that maps ‘spillover’ hotspots across southeast Asia.

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Nature 608, 457-458 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02153-5

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