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https://www.health24.com/Medical/infectious-diseases/News/scientists-trace-coronavirus-outbreak-to-snakes-20200124?fbclid=IwAR3twnrnGX54obd1AzXsAPSKxL8RphJpz2EjnfQotjoAWVG76cLJ18w0IXk

The Chinese scientists, led by Wei Ji, from the Department of Microbiology at Peking University Health Science Center School of Basic Medical Sciences in Beijing, conducted a detailed genetic analysis of the virus. They concluded that it appears to have formed from a combination of a coronavirus found in bats and another coronavirus of unknown origin.
The mystery coronavirus developed a mix (recombination) of a viral protein that recognises and binds to receptors on host cells, which enables the virus to enter host cells and cause infection and disease, the researchers explained.
They also found evidence that 2019-nCoV was likely present in snakes before appearing in humans. Recombination within the viral receptor-binding protein may have enabled the virus to jump from snakes to humans, according to the study. It was published online January 22 in the Journal of Medical Virology.