Chairman Paul Letter to DNI Gabbard — page 21
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Common Features
Pre-epidemic Group 2B SARS-like C
Origins: BATS
Use hACE2 Receptor for docking and entry
-- Use other ACE2 receptor orthologues for entry into
species
Grow efficiently in primary human airway epit
cells, and small airway epithelial cells
Cause Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome (A
humans and/or Animals
-- End stage lung disease with ~30% mortality rates
Cause an Age-Related Disease Phenotype
-- Characterized by Increased Virus Growth and Morta
immune senescent populations
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