SARS-CoV-2
noun
: the coronavirus (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 of the genus Betacoronavirus) that is the causative agent of COVID-19
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In addition to influenza A and B, the CDC is also currently monitoring the nation’s sewage for SARS-CoV-2, mpox, and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
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Megan Molteni and Helen Branswell, STAT, 13 May 2024
But wastewater surveillance — the testing of sewage for signs of pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2, poliovirus and mpox virus — has yet to be employed in the tracking of H5N1 bird flu virus.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Scientists estimate that by early March 2020, less than 1% of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the U.S. were detected by testing.
—Michael Mina, TIME, 9 May 2024
Recombinant vaccines use a small piece of genetic material from a pathogen (infectious organism), like SARS-CoV-2, to trigger an immune response.
—Anju Goel, Verywell Health, 9 May 2024
In addition to skincare applications, hypochlorous acid is used in hospital settings for wound care and as a disinfectant that can destroy bacteria and viruses, including SARS-CoV-2.
—Shannon M. Bauer, Health, 3 May 2024
Teas were then incubated with SARS-CoV-2 and assessed after five minutes.
—Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 2 May 2024
The right-wing claims that such research in China funded by NIH and EcoHealth created SARS-CoV-2, which then escaped into the wild.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
The shots helped to slow the swift transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and earned Kariko—now a research scientist at the University of Szeged in Hungary—and Weissman—who is director of vaccine research at Penn's Perelman School of Medicine—the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
—TIME, 2 May 2024
Megan Molteni and Helen Branswell, STAT, 13 May 2024
But wastewater surveillance — the testing of sewage for signs of pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2, poliovirus and mpox virus — has yet to be employed in the tracking of H5N1 bird flu virus.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Scientists estimate that by early March 2020, less than 1% of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the U.S. were detected by testing.
—Michael Mina, TIME, 9 May 2024
Recombinant vaccines use a small piece of genetic material from a pathogen (infectious organism), like SARS-CoV-2, to trigger an immune response.
—Anju Goel, Verywell Health, 9 May 2024
In addition to skincare applications, hypochlorous acid is used in hospital settings for wound care and as a disinfectant that can destroy bacteria and viruses, including SARS-CoV-2.
—Shannon M. Bauer, Health, 3 May 2024
Teas were then incubated with SARS-CoV-2 and assessed after five minutes.
—Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 2 May 2024
The right-wing claims that such research in China funded by NIH and EcoHealth created SARS-CoV-2, which then escaped into the wild.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
The shots helped to slow the swift transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and earned Kariko—now a research scientist at the University of Szeged in Hungary—and Weissman—who is director of vaccine research at Penn's Perelman School of Medicine—the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
—TIME, 2 May 2024
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SARS-CoV-2
noun
: the coronavirus (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 of the genus Betacoronavirus) that is the causative agent of COVID-19 see delta variant, omicron variant
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