MicrobiologyNaturePeer-reviewed
Discovery of a novel coronavirus associated with the recent pneumonia outbreak in humans and its potential bat origin
P. Zhou, X.-L. Yang, X.-G. Wang…·Z.-L. Shi
This paper identifies and characterizes a novel coronavirus (nCoV-2019) causing a human pneumonia outbreak, showing its close genetic relationship to bat coronaviruses and its use of the ACE2 receptor for cell entry.