HKU5-CoV-2 was found by a Chinese research team led by virologist Shi Zhengli, known as "Batwoman" for her work on ...

Chinese researchers have identified a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, which binds to the same receptor as the COVID-19 virus ...

Newly discovered bat coronavirus shares entry protein with COVID-19, but poses lower risk of human transmission, researchers ...

The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission, though the ...

A media report underscores that the virus, found by a Chinese team of virologists, uses the same human receptor as the virus ...

Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China said they discovered a new coronavirus in bats that enters cells ...

Research was led by Shi Zhengli, a virologist known as the ‘batwoman’, who is best known for her work on coronaviruses at a ...

Experts note that HKU5-CoV-2 has a lower binding affinity to human ACE2 than SARS-CoV-2, and its ability to infect humans on ...

Researchers at Wuhan Institute of Virology, led by Shi Zhengli, discovered a new coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, in bats. While it ...

The South China Morning Post reported that researchers discovered HKU5-CoV-2 can attach to human ACE2 receptors, the same ...

HKU5-CoV-2 is classified within the merbecovirus subgenus, which includes the MERS virus. Initially detected in the Japanese ...