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No credible evidence supporting claims of the laboratory engineering of SARS-CoV-2

Shan-Lu Liua Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA;b Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA;c Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA;d Viruses and Emerging Pathogens Program, Infectious Diseases Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Linda J. Saifd Viruses and Emerging Pathogens Program, Infectious Diseases Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA;e Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, CFAES, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, USA
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Susan R. Weissf Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8155-4528
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Lishan Sug Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 505-507 | Received 13 Feb 2020, Accepted 13 Feb 2020, Published online: 26 Feb 2020

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