Dear Editor,Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS)has beendescribed as the first pandemic of the 21st century andbetween November 2002 and July 2003,over 8000 peo-ple were infected with the SARS-associated coronaviru...Dear Editor,Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS)has beendescribed as the first pandemic of the 21st century andbetween November 2002 and July 2003,over 8000 peo-ple were infected with the SARS-associated coronavirus(SARS-CoV).Polymorphisms in the human leukocyteantigen(HLA)system have been shown to influencesusceptibility to SARS-CoV but here we were unable展开更多
The study of the origin of SARS coronavirus(SARS CoV)and SARS-like coronavirus(SL-CoV)is very important for the prevention of novel human infections with these viruses.Recently,Ge et al.suggest that Chinese horseshoe ...The study of the origin of SARS coronavirus(SARS CoV)and SARS-like coronavirus(SL-CoV)is very important for the prevention of novel human infections with these viruses.Recently,Ge et al.suggest that Chinese horseshoe bats are natural reservoirs of SARSCoV[1].But this conclusion is incorrect.It should be"Chinese horseshoe bats are natural reservoirs of SLCoV"[2-7].The paper also has several methodological problems,leading to errors in the conclusions.展开更多
文摘Dear Editor,Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS)has beendescribed as the first pandemic of the 21st century andbetween November 2002 and July 2003,over 8000 peo-ple were infected with the SARS-associated coronavirus(SARS-CoV).Polymorphisms in the human leukocyteantigen(HLA)system have been shown to influencesusceptibility to SARS-CoV but here we were unable
文摘The study of the origin of SARS coronavirus(SARS CoV)and SARS-like coronavirus(SL-CoV)is very important for the prevention of novel human infections with these viruses.Recently,Ge et al.suggest that Chinese horseshoe bats are natural reservoirs of SARSCoV[1].But this conclusion is incorrect.It should be"Chinese horseshoe bats are natural reservoirs of SLCoV"[2-7].The paper also has several methodological problems,leading to errors in the conclusions.
