Bird site has gone to the birds
Near Sydney, Australia
Rob Whitehurst
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Found in #Bats
"a novel recombinant SARS-like coronavirus that is closely related to both #SARS-CoV-2 and #SarsCoV with only five amino acid differences between its receptor-binding domain sequence and that of the earliest sequences of SARS-CoV-2."
Samples collected from 2015 to 2019
#zoonosis #covid
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.23.517609v1.full.pdf+html
"a novel recombinant SARS-like coronavirus that is closely related to both #SARS-CoV-2 and #SarsCoV with only five amino acid differences between its receptor-binding domain sequence and that of the earliest sequences of SARS-CoV-2."
Samples collected from 2015 to 2019
#zoonosis #covid
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.23.517609v1.full.pdf+html
This (equally interesting) study left open whether or not circulation in wildlife was limited to areas with high human contact - or was simply taking tome to percolate
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.04.515237v1.full.pdf
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.04.515237v1.full.pdf
#Fediverse Observer offers an interesting way to explore #Mastodon instances. https://mastodon.fediverse.observer/map
Celebrities can accidentally crush the #mastodon instance they choose by just signing up. This is a bit of a scaling vulnerability.
Worth comparing to this Chinese study of #SARSCoV1 #seroprevalence in Hubei province in 2004 - rates are comparable to the "low human use" found in the US for SARSCoV2. https://twitter.com/zhihuachen/status/1589566502264393728?s=20&t=wGIP87R-ahyjXxiqvNpncg
Interesting study of #SARSCoV2 in US wildlife - the high seroprevalence in mid 2022 in animal communities in sites with high human activity (nature trails or the like) is remarkable. (Imperviousness equates to urbanisation.)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.04.515237v1.full.pdf