H-1 - SARS-CoV-2 first infected humans via zoonotic spillover at the Huanan market
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hypothesis
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H-1
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active
question
Where and how did SARS-CoV-2 first infect humans?
statement
SARS-CoV-2 first crossed into humans via natural zoonotic spillover at the Huanan Seafood Market through the live wildlife trade, with susceptible intermediate hosts (e.g. raccoon dogs) sold live in the market's western section, where environmental positivity clusters.
Widened "spillover at the Huanan market" to explicitly include the live-wildlife-trade route and susceptible intermediate hosts; the distinction between "at the market" and "via live wildlife sold at the market" was given up, as no curated observation separates them.