SARS-CoV-2

Translingual thumb|Illustration of the SARS-CoV-2 viral coat Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 Etymology From mul SARS-CoV 2. BioRxviv, "Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus – The species and its viruses, a statement of the Coronavirus Study Group", Alexander E. Gorbalenya, 11 February 2020, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, Coronavirus Study Group Proper noun SARS-CoV-2 mul virology Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 strain; a virus which causes COVID-19 coronavirus disease, first discovered in 2019, in an outbreak that started in Wuhan, Hubei, China. mul Synonyms virus mul 2019-nCoV former name mul HCoV-19, mul hCoV-19 Hypernyms virus ; Orthocoronavirinae subfamily 1 - subfamily; Betacoronavirus genus - genus; Sarbecovirus subgenus - subgenus per NCBI Hyponyms virus The number of variants and their names shows a dynamic growth. See e.g. Variant of concern mul SARS-CoV-2 mul VOC B.1.1.7<t:UK variant, Alpha variant> B.1.351<t:South African variant, Beta variant> B.1.1.248<t:Brazilian variant, Gamma variant> B.1.617.2<t:Delta variant> B.1.1.529<t:Omikron variant> Coordinate terms virus mul closest known relatives to SARS-CoV-2 SARSr-Ra-BatCoV-RaTG13,BatCoV-RaTG13,RaTG13 BANAL-52,BANAL-20-52 BANAL-103,BANAL-20-103 BANAL-236,BANAL-20-236 RmYN02 RpYN06 viral components mul N501 spike protein coding mul E484 spike protein coding mul K417 protein coding Related terms virus mul SARS-CoV SARS-CoV-1 SARSr-CoV MERS-CoV MERSr-CoV nCoV CoV SARS References Further reading 1 1 1 2697049 mul COVID-19 Types of coronaviruses English thumb|Micrograph of the SARS-CoV-2 virus particles Pronunciation en /ˈsɑːz ˈkəʊviː ˈtuː/ RP en /ˈsɑɹz ˈkoʊvi ˈtu/ GA Proper noun en virology mul SARS-CoV-2; en SARS-related coronavirus 2 en Sandee LaMotte What is coronavirus and Covid-19? An explainer w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/health/what-is-coronavirus-covid-19-wellness/index.html 2020-03-31 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260607100757/https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/health/what-is-coronavirus-covid-19-wellness/index.html 7 June 2026 en 2020 Lu, Xiaoxia, Liqiong Zhang, Hui Du, Jingjing Zhang, Yuan Y. Li, Jingyu Qu, Wenxin Zhang et al. SARS-CoV-2 infection in children New England Journal of Medicine 382 17 10.1056/NEJMc2005073 April 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. en 2021 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 New England Journal of Medicine 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. 10.1056/NEJMsr2105280 June Synonyms en Chinese virus COVID-19 virus novel coronavirus 2019 Wuhan coronavirus Wuhan virus Hypernyms en virus coronavirus Coordinate terms en influenza MERS-related coronavirus Related terms en SARS-related coronavirus en COVID-19 Types of coronaviruses