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2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS [1 record]

Record 1 2021-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Viral Diseases
DEF

The virus that causes COVID-19.

CONT

In late December 2019, patients presenting with viral pneumonia due to an unidentified microbial agent were reported in Wuhan, China. A novel coronavirus was subsequently identified as the causative pathogen, provisionally named 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

OBS

severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; SARS-CoV-2: [designations] assigned by the Coronavirus Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Maladies virales
DEF

Virus responsable de la COVID-19.

OBS

coronavirus 2 du syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère; SARS-CoV-2 : [désignations] retenues par le Comité international de taxonomie des virus (ICTV) et par l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS).

OBS

SARS-CoV-2 : [Sigle] à privilégier pour faciliter l'accès à l'information et diminuer les risques de confusion dans les communications à l'échelle internationale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
  • Enfermedades víricas
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