Are pangolins the intermediate host of the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)?

• Ping Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ping Liu, Jing-Zhe Jiang

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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• Jing-Zhe Jiang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ping Liu, Jing-Zhe Jiang

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of South China Sea Fishery Resources Exploitation & Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5260-7822

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• Xiu-Feng Wan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, MU Center for Research on Influenza Systems Biology (CRISB), University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, MU Institute for Data Science and Informatics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2629-9234

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• Yan Hua,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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• Linmiao Li,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8192-3082

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• Jiabin Zhou,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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• Xiaohu Wang,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Health, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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• Fanghui Hou,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Guangdong Provincial Wildlife Rescue Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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• Jing Chen,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Health, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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• Jiejian Zou,

  Roles Data curation, Validation

  Affiliation Guangdong Provincial Wildlife Rescue Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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• Jinping Chen

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chenjp@giabr.gd.cn

  Affiliation Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0808-6617

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