CoV-2, which can enter human cells using the same gateway as the highly contagious SAR-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

CoV-2, found in China has sparked concerns among health officials and has triggered panic. HKU5-CoV-2 has similarities to the ...

The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission, though the ...

The new virus called HKU5-CoV-2, discovered in bats in China, has the potential of infecting humans. However, researchers ...

The new virus comes from the merbecovirus subgenus, which also includes the virus that causes Middle East respiratory ...

Researchers at Wuhan lab discovered a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, which shares entry pathways with SARS-CoV-2 but poses ...

Experts note that HKU5-CoV-2 has a lower binding affinity to human ACE2 than SARS-CoV-2, and its ability to infect humans on ...

HKU5-CoV-2 was found by a Chinese research team led by virologist Shi Zhengli, known as "Batwoman" for her work on ...

The virus is related to the pathogen that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome and capitalizes on the same ‘entry receptor ...

The extensive research on coronavirus led to the discovery of HKU5-CoV-2, which can be transmitted to humans since it has the ...

CoV-2, a new bat coronavirus that can infect humans, raising concerns about potential zoonotic spillover and future outbreaks ...