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The virus is related to the pathogen that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome and capitalizes on the same ‘entry receptor’ used by SARS-CoV-2.
A virus isolated from a bat in China is related to the pathogen that causes Middle east respiratory syndrome. Credit: Michael Durham/Nature Picture Library
A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same portal to enter human cells as the virus that causes COVID-19, raising the risk that it could spark an outbreak in people1.
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Nature 638, 863 (2025)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00503-7
