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A species of BETACORONAVIRUS causing atypical respiratory disease (COVID-19) in humans. The organism was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China. The natural host is the Chinese intermediate horseshoe bat, RHINOLOPHUS affinis.
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- 2019 Novel Coronavirus
- 2019-nCoV
- COVID-19 Virus
- COVID19 Virus
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 Virus
- SARS Coronavirus 2
- SARS-CoV-2 Virus
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
- Wuhan Coronavirus
- Wuhan Seafood Market Pneumonia Virus
- 2019 Novel Coronaviruses
- COVID 19 Virus
- COVID-19 Viruses
- COVID19 Viruses
- Coronavirus 2, SARS
- Coronavirus, 2019 Novel
- Coronavirus, Wuhan
- Novel Coronavirus, 2019
- SARS CoV 2 Virus
- SARS-CoV-2 Viruses
- Virus, COVID-19
- Virus, COVID19
- Virus, SARS-CoV-2
- Viruses, COVID19
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure.
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infection = COVID-19
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2021(2020)
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QW 168.5.C8
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References
- National Library of Medicine. SARS-CoV-2. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000086402. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000086402
- SARS-CoV-2. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SARS-CoV-2
- SARS-CoV-2. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82069695