记者从中国科学院获悉,该院武汉病毒研究所研究员石正丽带领的国际研究团队分离到一株与SARS病毒高度同源的SARS样冠状病毒,进一步证实中华菊头蝠是SARS病毒的源头。研究结果发表在国际著名学术期刊《自然》上。已有的流行病学证据和生物信息学分析显示,野生动物市场上的果子狸是SARS冠状病毒的直接来源。虽然在世界各地包括非洲、欧 The reporter learned from the Chinese Academy of Sciences that an international research team led by Shi Zhengli, a researcher at Wuhan Institute of Virology, isolated a SARS-like coronavirus highly homologous to the SARS virus, further confirming that the Chinese chrysanthemum is the source of the SARS virus. The research results were published in “Nature”, an internationally renowned academic journal. Pre-existing epidemiological evidence and bioinformatics analyzes show that civets in the wildlife markets are a direct source of SARS-CoV. Although all over the world including Africa, Europe