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Wuhan market samples fail to shed further light on COVID origins

New analysis of genomic data from market swabs highlights their limitations.
  1. Dyani Lewis
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Samples collected at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic are of limited value for pinpointing which animal species — if any — infected people at the market, according to a new analysis1.

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Nature 617, 233-234 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01483-2

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  1. Bloom, J. D. Preprint at bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.25.538336 (2023).

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