Meanings
- biologySARS-CoV-2; SARS-related coronavirus 2
In addition to continuing to track the emergence of new variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), there are four major priorities for the global response to variants of concern.
2021 June, Krause, Philip R., Thomas R. Fleming, Ira M. Longini, Richard Peto, Sylvie Briand, David L. Heymann, Valerie Beral, Matthew D. Snape, Helen Rees, Alba-Maria Ropero, Ran D. Balicer, Jakob P. Cramer, et al., “SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Vaccines”, in New England Journal of Medicine, →DOI2 more examples
Becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2 can trigger a potentially deadly respiratory disease called Covid-19, an illness which presents with three main acute symptoms: fever, a deep, dry cough and a shortness of breath which can become quickly life-threatening.
2020 March 31, Sandee LaMotte, “What is coronavirus and Covid-19? An explainer”, in CNNAs of March 10, 2020, the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has been responsible for more than 110,000 infections and 4000 deaths worldwide, but data regarding the epidemiologic characteristics and clinical features of infected children are limited.
2020 April, Lu, Xiaoxia, Liqiong Zhang, Hui Du, Jingjing Zhang, Yuan Y. Li, Jingyu Qu, Wenxin Zhang et al., “SARS-CoV-2 infection in children”, in New England Journal of Medicine, volume 382, number 17, →DOISynonyms: Chinese virus, COVID-19 virus, novel coronavirus 2019, Wuhan coronavirus, Wuhan virus
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSARS-CoV-2; SARS-related coronavirus 2
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