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Researcher and coauthor of the Cell study on genetic tracing of Huanan market wildlife and viruses
We identify wildlife DNA in all SARS-CoV-2-positive samples from this stall, including species such as civets, bamboo rats, and raccoon dogs, previously identified as possible intermediate hosts. We also detect animal viruses that infect raccoon dogs, civets, and bamboo rats.
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Reema Singh, coauthor of Alexander Crits-Christoph et al., "Genetic tracing of market wildlife and viruses at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic," Cell, September 19, 2024.
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The clustering of early cases around the Huanan market reflects where the COVID-19 virus emerged, not just where testing looked
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Disputed The sentence is real and appears verbatim in the abstract at the provided source URL; the publication date there is 2024-09-19. But the source does not attribute that sentence to Reema Singh alone: it lists a multi-author paper led by Alexander Crits-Christoph and including Reema Singh among many coauthors. Because this platform cannot verify a multi-author paper sentence as a single-author quote, the stored attribution is disputed. ([research.ed.ac.uk](https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/genetic-tracing-of-market-wildlife-and-viruses-at-the-epicenter-o/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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