TY - JOUR AR - CMR-2020-1-106 TI - SARS-Cov-2 Natural or Artificial? That is the Question AU - Alejandro , Sousa JO - Clinical Microbiology and Research PY - 2020 DA - Fri 17, Jul 2020 SN - 2674-418X DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.CMR.2020.01.06 UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/sars-cov-2-natural-or-artificial-that-is-the-question_CMR-2020-1-106 KW - SARS-Cov-2, COVID-19, natural, artificial, origin, spike protein AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has become the most serious health problem of the 21st century. Knowing whether its origin was natural or artificial is an extremely important fact, especially due to the ethical debate that should be generated on gain-of-function investigations in high-security laboratories around the world. We analyse all the existing evidence on the possible origin of the SARS-CoV-2 trying to join the pieces and thus obtain an overview that allows us to see beyond the isolated publications.