Is the new coronavirus the next SARS? A Commentary in mBio comes on the same week scientists are convening at a WHO meeting in Cairo to share information about the novel coronavirus that is causing alarm in the public health community. In their Commentary, Stanley Perlman and Jincun Zhao of the University of Iowa discuss the recent work of Muller et al., delving into important details about the virus’ receptor on human cells and its troubling ability to infect numerous different species.
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