Preprint Open Access

The Huanan market was the epicenter of SARS-CoV-2 emergence

Michael Worobey; Joshua I. Levy; Lorena M. Malpica Serrano; Alexander Crits-Christoph; Jonathan E. Pekar; Stephen A. Goldstein; Angela L. Rasmussen; Moritz U. G. Kraemer; Chris Newman; Marion P. G. Koopmans; Marc A. Suchard; Joel O. Wertheim; Philippe Lemey; David L. Robertson; Robert F. Garry; Edward C. Holmes; Andrew Rambaut; Kristian G. Andersen

Geographical clustering of the earliest known COVID-19 cases and the proximity of positive environmental samples to live-animal vendors suggest that the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was the site of origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now published in Science (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715)
Files (29.2 MB)
Name Size
2022.02.26_worobey_preprint.pdf
md5:0c25677feba26c3aeff45d4b2e7f0755
29.2 MB Download
182,256
127,858
views
downloads
All versions This version
Views 182,25683,439
Downloads 127,85852,990
Data volume 3.7 TB1.5 TB
Unique views 153,17070,552
Unique downloads 110,04146,892

Share

Cite as