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1mo ago

Retraction Note: Origin and cross-species transmission of bat coronaviruses in China - Nature Communications [Dec 19th,2024]

www.nature.com Retraction Note: Origin and cross-species transmission of bat coronaviruses in China - Nature Communications

Retraction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17687-3, published online 25 August 2020

i didn't hear it anywhere, so thought it to be news-worthy

[edit] As noted below by Neuromancer49, there's a new published version with corrections. Published: 19 December 2024

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-55384-7

4 comments

Nope, not significant. The paper was retracted because a few extra sequences were included, but the conclusion remained the same when they redid the analysis.

They took some non-Chinese bats, and some duplicate data out of the article, but I’m not clear on if it changed the conclusion.

So is this significant?

I dont often read bat virus DNA from China, but I'm glad that if I do, I won't be reading duplicate samples. Thanks, scientists!