Term:COVID-19
Related terms
is caused by SARS-CoV-2
can be prevented by coronavirus vaccine and mRNA vaccine
Normative
Synonyms and variants
- covid19
Definition
COVID-19 is a multisystem disease which, in certain cases, will require full multidisciplinary team rehabilitation to enable recovery (208).
Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/338882/WHO-2019-nCoV-clinical-2021.1-eng.pdf
Encyclopaedic information
Emerging evidence suggests that excess mortality due to COVID-19 is higher in black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.
Furthermore, the majority of long-term care service users are older people with multiple underlying conditions and weak immune systems, which make them more susceptible to severe COVID-19 and poor outcomes (245).
Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/338882/WHO-2019-nCoV-clinical-2021.1-eng.pdf
Examples
Identifying bacterial co-infection or superinfection in patients with COVID-19 is challenging, as the symptoms may be similar to those of the underlying viral infection.
Source: https://www.sccm.org/getattachment/Disaster/SSC-COVID19-Critical-Care-Guidelines.pdf
Because clinical information about the optimal management of COVID-19 is evolving quickly, these Guidelines will be updated frequently as published data and other authoritative information become available.
Source: https://files.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/guidelines/covid19treatmentguidelines.pdf
When starting treatment for COVID-19 in patients with HIV, clinicians should pay careful attention to potential drug-drug interactions and overlapping toxicities among COVID-19 treatments, ARV medications, antimicrobial therapies, and other medications (AIII).
Source: https://files.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/guidelines/covid19treatmentguidelines.pdf
Collocations
- moderate covid-19
- severe covid-19
- covid-19 vaccine
Keyness
- covid-19: 13
Note
Research
Variants and synonyms
CoVID-19
Definition/description
COVID-19 is a novel infectious disease that causes inflammation in the respiratory system.
Source: https://www.academicradiology.org/article/S1076-6332(20)30143-4/fulltext
COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2.
Source: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.13.991083v2
COVID-19 is mainly transmitted by droplets and contact.
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2414644720300051?via%3Dihub
The main target of COVID-19 is the lungs where it may cause pneumonia in severely ill patients.
Source: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.26.20044610v1
Examples
What is clear is that global health threats such as COVID-19 will require collaborative solutions by the international community.
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033350620300317?via%3Dihub
Person-to-person spread of COVID-19 appears to occur mainly by respiratory transmission.
Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10916-020-01562-1
Collocations
- severe / non-severe COVID-19
- confirmed COVID-19
- suspected COVID-19
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 epidemic
- COVID-19 patient
- COVID-19 outbreak
- COVID-19 case
- COVID-19 transmission
- COVID-19 infection
- contract COVID-19
- confirm COVID-19
- diagnose COVID-19
- COVID-19 spread
Keyness
65
Press
Variants and synonyms
- covid-19
- Covid-19
- coronavirus
- Covid
- COVID
- disease
Description
They wrote: "The length of the pandemic will likely be 18 to 24 months, as herd immunity gradually develops in the human population." The scientists added that this is because Covid-19 is a new disease, and no one has any immunity.
Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11525621/coronavirus-pandemic-two-years-spread/
Examples
The coronavirus causing Covid-19 has killed more than a million people worldwide, infected more than 38 million and crippled the global economy.
Researchers found a 'concerning level of misinformation around vaccines' which could significantly affect uptake once a Covid-19 vaccine is approved.
Collocations
- COVID-19 vaccine
- COVID-19 vaccination
- COVID-19 case
- COVID-19 pandemic
- contract COVID-19
- COVID-19 restrictions
Keyness
26
Comments
Variants and synonyms
- covid-19
- Covid-19
Description
COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2 […]
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Examples
1) Recent studies show that the unvaccinated are currently up to 20 times more likely to catch and spread Covid-19.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
2) Both flu and Covid-19 can be unpleasant illnesses and can spread to friends and family.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Collocations
- to spread COVID-19
- to get COVID-19
- to catch COVID-19
Keyness
21