Normative:SARS-CoV-2

Normative

Definition

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a newly emergent coronavirus, that was first recognized in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, in December 2019. SARS-CoV-2 is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus that is contagious in humans. It is the successor to SARS-CoV-1, the strain that caused the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak.

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/338882

Encyclopaedic information

On 30 January 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency of international concern over the global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ), which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021R0953

Examples

Illness was confirmed by a positive result on a SARS-CoV-2 molecular test.

Source: https://files.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/guidelines/covid19treatmentguidelines.pdf

Collocations

• viable SARS-CoV-2
• persistent SARS-CoV-2
• SARS-CoV-2 infection
• SARS-CoV-2 variant
• SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
• SARS-CoV-2 transmission
• SARS-CoV-2 vaccination
• SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
• SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
• SARS-CoV-2 testing
• SARS-CoV-2 clearance
• SARS-CoV-2 PEP
• SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia
• SARS-CoV-2 RNA
• SARS-CoV-2 replication
• SARS-CoV-2 reinfection
• to dedect SARS-CoV-2
• to transmit SARS-CoV-2
• to target SARS-CoV-2
• to inhibit SARS-CoV-2
• to identify SARS-CoV-2

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