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Virologist, University of the Witwatersrand; Chair of the WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO)
We also know that the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan had a significant role in the early transmission and initial spread of the virus. These animals could have been the intermediate hosts that brought the virus to the market, leading to the early cases in humans.
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Marietjie Venter, coauthor of "COVID’s origins: what we do and don’t know," Nature, February 24, 2026.
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Disputed Nature presents this as a collective 23-author commentary, not a quote by Marietjie Venter alone; no single-author correction is possible. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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