Rodents could be asymptomatic carriers of SARS-like coronaviruses, study suggests (IMAGE)

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Rodents could be asymptomatic carriers of SARS-like coronaviruses, study suggests

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Binding of a SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (red) to an ACE2 receptor (blue) leads to the penetration of the virus into the cell, as depicted in the background.

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