Rc-o319 explained

Rc-o319 is a bat-derived strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus collected in little Japanese horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus cornutus) from sites in Iwate, Japan.[1] Its has 81% similarity to SARS-CoV-2 and is the earliest strain branch of the SARS-CoV-2 related coronavirus.

Notes and References

  1. Mallapaty. Smriti. 2020-11-23. Coronaviruses closely related to the pandemic virus discovered in Japan and Cambodia. Nature. en. 588. 7836. 15–16. 10.1038/d41586-020-03217-0. 33230273. 2020Natur.588...15M. 227157702.

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