SARS-CoV-2

Proper noun

SARS-CoV-2

1. SARS-CoV-2; SARS-related coronavirus 2
   • 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 CNN
   • As 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...

   Synonyms:

   Chinese virus, COVID-19 virus, novel coronavirus 2019, Wuhan coronavirus, Wuhan virus