Evidence mounts for bat origins of SARS
New viruses in the mammals closely match human form of the infection
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BAT-SARS LINK GROWS New viruses found in Chinese horseshoe bats resemble the SARS coronavirus and use the receptor molecule that SARS does to infect human cells.
Libiao Zhang/South China Institute of Endangered Animals