The Huanan market was the epicenter of SARS-CoV-2 emergence

• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6299600
• Publication Date: 2022-02-26
• Authors: Michael Worobey; Joshua I. Levy; Lorena M. Malpica...; Alexander Crits-C...; Jonathan E. Pekar; Stephen A. Goldstein; Angela L. Rasmussen; Moritz U. G. Kraemer; Chris Newman; Marion P. G. Koop...; Marc A. Suchard; Joel O. Wertheim; Philippe Lemey; David L. Robertson; Robert F. Garry; Edward C. Holmes; Andrew Rambaut; Kristian G. Andersen
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences; 3. Good health

Geographical clustering of the earliest known COVID-19 cases and the proximity of positive environmental samples to live-animal vendors suggest that the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was the site of origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.<br/>Now published in Science (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715)<br/>