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Oct 6, 2020 · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly transmissible and pathogenic coronavirus that emerged in late 2019 and has caused a pandemic of acute...
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Apr 6, 2021 · Because the virus was closely related to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (SARS-CoV), the name was changed to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and the disease it causes was called Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) [ 1, 6 ].
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Sep 26, 2003 · Overview. More. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a SARS-associated coronavirus. It was first identified at the end of February 2003 during an outbreak that emerged in China and spread to 4 other countries.
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Mar 27, 2024 · COVID-19, also called coronavirus disease 2019, is an illness caused by a virus. The virus is called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or more commonly, SARS-CoV-2. It started spreading at the end of 2019 and became a pandemic disease in 2020.
Apr 16, 2021 · The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the ongoing global outbreak of a coronavirus disease (herein referred to as COVID-19). Other...
Mar 24, 2021 · Across the world, there are multiple variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). SARS-CoV-2...
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Synonyms. 2019-nCoV. SARS coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2) is a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA coronavirus which causes the disease COVID-19. [2] It used to be known as 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by the World Health Organization (WHO). [3] [4]
