SARS_coronavirus.mov

3D topography of the capsid of the coronavirus which causes SARS
From wikipedia: "Severe acute respiratory syndrome is a viral respiratory disease in humans. [...] Samples of the virus are being held in laboratories in New York, San Francisco, Manila, Hong Kong, and Toronto. [...] Between November 2002 and July 2003, an outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong nearly became a pandemic, with 8,422 cases and 916 deaths worldwide (10.9% fatality) according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Phylogenetic analysis of these viruses indicated a high probability that SARS coronavirus originated in bats and spread to humans either directly, or through animals held in Chinese markets. The bats did not show any visible signs of disease, but are the likely natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses. In late 2006, scientists from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of Hong Kong University and the Guangzhou Centre for Disease Control and Prevention established a genetic link between the SARS coronavirus appearing in civets and humans, bearing out claims that the disease had jumped across species."
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