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We have samples that pre-date the wuhan outbreak, so they are not among the earliest. Wuhan was only the first identified super spreader location. Here's one su
by abracadaniel 3y ago
We have samples that pre-date the wuhan outbreak, so they are not among the earliest. Wuhan was only the first identified super spreader location. Here's one such study from Italy that found infections from as early as Sept 2019. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220830/Italian-study-finds-SARS-CoV-2-in-clinical-samples-collected-before-December-2019.aspx https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220830/Italian-study-fin...
original journal https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935122013068 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001393512...
- masswerk 3y agoI think, there were similar samples from Barcelona, as well.
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- throwawaymaths 3y agoFTA: Our findings should be complemented by high-throughput sequencing to obtain additional sequence information. I don't see this having been done (and HTS isn't exactly a heavy lift these days, even in Italy). Seems likely they did it, didn't confirm these preliminary results, and didn't publish because it's not interesting.