id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-271419-v6dfel3l Adachi, Shun Commentary: Origin and evolution of pathogenic coronaviruses 2020-04-21 .txt text/plain 1211 77 51 Among viruses, some coronaviruses (CoVs) are notorious for causing the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). The said article has successfully predicted today's COVID-19 outbreak by pointing out that novel pathogenic variants will readily emerge from very diversified severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronaviruses (SARSr-CoVs) of the bat origin through their close coexistence and high genetic recombination ability (Figure 1) . Since RNA viruses are easy to mutate and coronaviruses have high potentials for recombination, we can easily see the track of mutations and evolutions of the viruses, especially for SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. Thus, to consider the origin of new pathogens and the prevention of their transmission to humans, and control of the viruses, not only studies on SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2, but also those on their relatives SARSr-CoVs and MERSr-CoVs are recommendable for bats tracked for the ecology and evolution. ./cache/cord-271419-v6dfel3l.txt ./txt/cord-271419-v6dfel3l.txt