SARS-CoV-2

Natural or Artificial?
Observation of Molecular Aspects

Associate Professor Dr. Teguh Haryo Sasongko

Deputy Director, Perdana University
Center for Research Excellence
 There are hundreds
of coronaviruses,
most of which
circulate among
such animals as
pigs, camels, bats
and cats. Sometimes
those viruses jump
to humans—called a
spillover event—and
can cause disease.

https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-
conditions/coronaviruses
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-0695-z
ICD-11 (WHO 2018): MERS is ID64 and SARS is ID65

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-0695-z
Pathogens 2020, 9, 231; doi:10.3390/pathogens9030231
3D animation still shot showing
the structure of a coronavirus
https://www.scientificanimations.com/coronavirus-symptoms-
and-prevention-explained-through-medical-animation/
 Nature. 2020; 579(7798): 265–269.

The organization of genes for WHCV,

bat SL-CoVZC45 and SARS-CoV Tor2
Published 30 January Was SARS-CoV-2 lab-
2020
engineered from HIV-1?
The finding of 4 unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV, all of which have
identity /similarity to amino acid residues in key structural proteins of HIV-1
is unlikely to be fortuitous in nature.
Withdrawn on 2 February 2020
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