Canadian evolutionary biologist
Michael Worobey is a Canadian evolutionary biologist, and a professor and department head of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] He has done important work in the study of the evolution of HIV-1 , which demonstrated the extensive genetic diversity of the virus by 1960, fully refuting the contaminated polio vaccine theory as the origin of the AIDS pandemic .[ 6] [ 7]
In May 2021, Worobey signed a letter, published in the journal Science , calling for a thorough investigation into the origin of COVID-19 , including the possibility of a lab leak .[ 8] Then, after thoroughly analyzing the available data, Worobey concluded that the virus most likely originated with animals sold at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market and subsequently jumped to humans.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
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^ "Michael Worobey" . Ecology & Evolutionary Biology . December 3, 2019.
^ "Clearest-ever study of HIV's North American origins exonerates Canada's 'patient zero' " . The Toronto Star . 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2021-07-24 .
^ Buyting, Sonya (March 26, 2021). "COVID 'fuse' may have been lit weeks or months before the 'bomb' in Wuhan market: researcher" . Quirks & Quarks . CBC Radio .
^ Worobey, Michael; et al. (2004). "Contaminated polio vaccine theory refuted" . Nature . 428 : 820. doi :10.1038/428820a .
^ Worobey, Michael; et al. (2008). "Direct evidence of extensive diversity of HIV-1 in Kinshasa by 1960" . Nature . 455(7213): 661–664. doi :10.1038/nature07390 . PMC 3682493 .
^ Bloom, Jesse D.; Chan, Yujia Alina; Baric, Ralph S.; Bjorkman, Pamela J.; Cobey, Sarah; Deverman, Benjamin E.; Fisman, David N.; Gupta, Ravindra; Iwasaki, Akiko; Lipsitch, Marc; Medzhitov, Ruslan; Neher, Richard A.; Nielsen, Rasmus; Patterson, Nick; Stearns, Tim; Nimwegen, Erik van; Worobey, Michael; Relman, David A. (May 14, 2021). "Investigate the origins of COVID-19" . Science . 372 (6543): 694. Bibcode :2021Sci...372..694B . doi :10.1126/science.abj0016 . PMC 9520851 . PMID 33986172 . S2CID 234487267 .
^ Doucleff, Michaeleen (July 19, 2021). "New Data Leads To Rethinking (Once More) Where The Pandemic Actually Began" . NPR.org .
^ "First Known Covid Case Was Vendor at Wuhan Market, Scientist Claims" . The New York Times. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2023 .
^ Michael Worobey (18 November 2021). "Dissecting the early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan". Science . doi :10.1126/SCIENCE.ABM4454 . ISSN 0036-8075 . PMID 34793199 . Wikidata Q109657653 .