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 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.
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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
This approach demonstrated the potential for the early detection of SARS-CoV-2 surges and outbreaks of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases.
—Denis Nash, John Dennehy, Monica Trujillo, STAT, 1 May 2024
Share [Findings] Convalescent plasma helps Syrian hamsters fight SARS-CoV-2.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
There are synthetic viruses that have close to 100 percent lethality while still being as transmissible as SARS-CoV-2.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 23 Apr. 2024
The 20-month-long SARS-CoV-2 infection is the longest known, according to the researchers, who are presenting the case at a medical meeting in Barcelona next week.
—Jason Gale / Bloomberg, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
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
This approach demonstrated the potential for the early detection of SARS-CoV-2 surges and outbreaks of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases.
—Denis Nash, John Dennehy, Monica Trujillo, STAT, 1 May 2024
Share [Findings] Convalescent plasma helps Syrian hamsters fight SARS-CoV-2.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
There are synthetic viruses that have close to 100 percent lethality while still being as transmissible as SARS-CoV-2.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 23 Apr. 2024
The 20-month-long SARS-CoV-2 infection is the longest known, according to the researchers, who are presenting the case at a medical meeting in Barcelona next week.
—Jason Gale / Bloomberg, TIME, 19 Apr. 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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