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coronavirus infections
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COVID ; coronavirus respiratory syndrome, coronavirus pneumonia, coronavirus flu ; coronavirus disease
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Definition : A coronavirus disease (COVID) is a disease caused by members of the coronavirus (CoV) family.
It may refer to:
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) : a disease caused by SARS-CoV, first occurred in a 2002–2004 outbreak
middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) : a disease caused by MERS-CoV, first occurred in a 2012–2014 outbreak, and since then, recurring
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) : a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, first occurred in a 2019 outbreak; currently considered as an active pandemic in 2019 and 2020
Open references
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