In October 2015, 218 villagers were asked to submit blood samples in Jinning county, China. The villages were adjacent to caves, which were home to a variety of Coronavirus-carrying bats. The blood samples were tested to find that nearly 3% carried antibodies against SARS-like coronavirus. Bat-to-human transmission of the coronaviruses was then brought to light for the first time ever.

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Citation: Meenakshi Ray. “Dentistry x Covid-19 = Uncertainty?”. Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 4.7 (2020): 89-90.

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