Viral : the search for the origin of COVID-19 /

Chan, Alina,

Viral : the search for the origin of COVID-19 / Alina Chan and Matt Ridley. - First U.S. edition. - 404 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-390) and index.

The mystery -- The copper mine -- Viruses -- The Wuhan whistleblowers -- The seafood market -- The pangolin papers -- Bats and the virus hunters -- Laboratory leaks -- Gain of function -- The furin cleavage site -- The other eight -- Popsicle origins and the World Health Organization -- Spillover -- Accident -- The origin of Covid-19 -- Truth will out -- Timeline.

In this real-life detective story, a scientist and writer team up to try to discover how a virus whose closest relations live in bats in subtropical China somehow managed to begin spreading among people more than 1,500 kilometers away in Wuhan.

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COVID-19 (Disease)--Etiology.
COVID-19 (Disease)
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-

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