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Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology 4/2020

01-12-2020 | SARS-CoV-2 | Letter to the Editor

Origin of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19

Authors: Roger W. Byard, John Hunsaker, Michael Tsokos

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 4/2020

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A recent paper published in Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology by Santurro et al. provided useful details of postmortem investigations and sampling in cases of suspected or probable COVID-19 [1]. A follow up Letter to the Editor from Zhan et al. has stated that these authors were “unscientific and irresponsible to claim that COVID-19 originated in China”. They also state that the origin of the new coronavirus may not be in Wuhan China [2]. …
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Santurro A, Scopetti M, D’Errico S, Fineschi V. A technical report from the Italian SARS-Co V-2 outbreak. Postmortem sampling and autopsy investigation in cases of suspected or probable COVID-19. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2020;16:471–6. CrossRef
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Title
Origin of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19
Authors
Roger W. Byard
John Hunsaker
Michael Tsokos
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 4/2020
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-020-00323-3

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