Snakes could be the original source of the new coronavirus outbreak in China
- Written by Haitao Guo, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh
Chinese cobra (_Naja atra_) with hood spread.Briston/Wikimedia, CC BY-SASnakes – the Chinese krait and the Chinese cobra – may be the original source of the newly discovered coronavirus that has triggered an outbreak of a deadly infectious respiratory illness in China this winter.
The many-banded krait (Bungarus multicinctus), also...Read more: Snakes could be the original source of the new coronavirus outbreak in China