Researchers examine materials collected from a Chinese woman to find the cause of her mysterious pneumonia symptoms, at Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, South Korea, 09 January 2020. YONHAP/EPA

Scientists still searching for causes of mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China

Genetic analysis indicates novel coronavirus from Wuhan has a 89% similarity to the SARS virus, a relative of the SARS bat virus. However this does not mean nCoV comes from bats.
Peneliti Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention menguji material yang diambil dari seorang perempuan Cina untuk deteksi radang paru-paru misterius, 9 Januari 2020. Perempuan 36 tahun ini kunjungi Wuhan Desember lalu. YONHAP/EPA

Mengenal pneumonia Wuhan, wabah penyakit baru dari Cina

Wuhan novel coronavirus adalah virus dari keluarga Coronavirus, yaitu virus yang berkerabat dekat dengan virus MERS-CoV dan SARS. Virus berasal dari hewan dan ditularkan ke manusia.

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