Preferred term
COVID-19 infection
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COVID-19, a highly infectitious respiratory disease in humans, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus probably emerged from an animal source in Wuhan (China) and spreaded globaly from person to person. Most people infected with COVID-19 have had mild to severe respiratory illness with symptoms of cough, fever, and shortness of breath. In some cases, patients had pneumonia in both lungs, multi-organ failure, and even death. The World Health Organization (WHO), on March 11, 2020, declared the novel COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic.
Alternative terms for the concept.
- 2019 novel coronavirus disease
- 2019 novel coronavirus illness
- 2019 novel coronavirus infection
- 2019-nCoV (novel coronavirus) disease
- 2019-nCoV (novel coronavirus) infection
- corona virus disease 2019
- coronavirus disease 2019
- coronavirus disease-19
- COVID-19
- COVID-19 disease
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 virus disease
- COVID-19 virus infection
- COVID-2019
- COVID19
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URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/338899
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Created 4/14/20, last modified 10/29/20