Diseases

COVID-19

A viral disorder generally characterized by high FEVER; COUGH; DYSPNEA; CHILLS; PERSISTENT TREMOR; MUSCLE PAIN; HEADACHE; SORE THROAT; a new loss of taste and/or smell (see AGEUSIA and ANOSMIA) and other symptoms of a VIRAL PNEUMONIA. A coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 VIRUS, in the genus BETACORONAVIRUS is the causative agent.

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A viral disorder generally characterized by high FEVER; COUGH; DYSPNEA; CHILLS; PERSISTENT TREMOR; MUSCLE PAIN; HEADACHE; SORE THROAT; a new loss of taste and/or smell (see AGEUSIA and ANOSMIA) and other symptoms of a VIRAL PNEUMONIA. A coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 VIRUS, in the genus BETACORONAVIRUS is the causative agent.

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36 entry terms
  • 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease
  • 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection
  • 2019-nCoV Disease
  • 2019-nCoV Infection
  • COVID-19 Virus Disease
  • COVID-19 Virus Infection
  • COVID19
  • Coronavirus Disease 2019
  • Coronavirus Disease-19
  • SARS Coronavirus 2 Infection
  • SARS-CoV-2 Infection
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection
  • 2019 nCoV Disease
  • 2019 nCoV Infection
  • 2019-nCoV Diseases
  • 2019-nCoV Infections
  • COVID 19
  • COVID 19 Virus Disease
  • COVID 19 Virus Infection
  • COVID-19 Virus Diseases
  • COVID-19 Virus Infections
  • Coronavirus Disease 19
  • Disease 2019, Coronavirus
  • Disease, 2019-nCoV
  • Disease, COVID-19 Virus
  • Infection, 2019-nCoV
  • Infection, COVID-19 Virus
  • Infection, SARS-CoV-2
  • SARS CoV 2 Infection
  • SARS-CoV-2 Infections
  • Virus Disease, COVID-19
  • Virus Infection, COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Pandemic
  • COVID-19 Pandemics
  • COVID 19 Pandemic
  • Pandemic, COVID-19

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2021(2020)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. COVID-19. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000086382. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000086382
  2. COVID-19. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19
  3. COVID-19. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84263196