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H-30 - Palm civets are an amplifying intermediate host, not the natural reservoir of SARS-CoV

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type
hypothesis
id
H-30
state
dropped
question
Are palm civets the natural reservoir of SARS-CoV or an intermediate amplifying host?
statement
Palm civets act as a highly susceptible amplifying/intermediate host for SARS-CoV at markets rather than being its natural reservoir, which remains to be identified.
drop_reason
SARS-CoV host-role precedent (palm civets amplify rather than being the natural reservoir); base-rate/analogy input about a different virus, carried by observations O-54..O-57. Not a MECE answer to any cluster's sub-question.
source
S-44 - Kan et al. 2005 — SARS-CoV-like virus in market civets vs farmed civets
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Discussion (reservoir status)

Palm civets act as a highly susceptible amplifying/intermediate host for SARS-CoV at markets rather than being its natural reservoir, which remains to be identified.

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