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Chinese virus A term for COVID-19 used by former United States president Donald Trump to emphasize that the pandemic started in China. Comirnaty. Main article: Comirnaty. The commercial name for the FDA approved COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer, released August 21, 2021. It also has several other names or designators used on the actual vials.
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is a coronavirus that has recently emerged and similarly causes diarrhea in pigs. [135] Transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), which is a member of the species Alphacoronavirus 1, [136] is another coronavirus that causes diarrhea in young pigs.
While COVID-19 refers to the disease and SARS-CoV-2 refers to the virus which causes it, referring to the "COVID-19 virus" has been accepted. [9] [25] [29] Reference to SARS-CoV-2 as "the coronavirus" has become somewhat accepted despite such use implying that there is only one coronavirus species. Similarly, use of "COVID" for the disease (if ...
To avoid confusion with the disease SARS, the WHO sometimes refers to SARS‑CoV‑2 as "the COVID-19 virus" in public health communications [34] [35] and the name HCoV-19 was included in some research articles.
KP.3.1.1 is still the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States as it accounts for nearly 60% of positive cases, but the new XEC variant is not far behind, recent Centers for Disease Control ...
Coronaviruses and Covid-19. There are lots of coronaviruses out there, but these days when you say “the coronavirus” you’re most likely referring to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.
Coronavirus diseases are caused by viruses in the coronavirus subfamily, a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, the group of viruses cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal.
A COVID-19 vaccine is intended to provide acquired immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 . Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, an established body of knowledge existed about the structure and function of coronaviruses causing diseases like severe acute ...