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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The study also speculated potential future Alzheimer’s problems may arise from the COVID-19 pandemic as SARS-CoV-2 infections have been known to reactivate dormant VSV and HSV-1 infections.
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Rich Haridy, New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2025
Some of the people with PVS also had higher levels of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, which enables the virus to penetrate and infect host cells.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 24 Feb. 2025
What actually happened was that SARS-CoV-2 began mutating quickly, first to be more transmissible and then to evade our immunity, causing breakthrough infections and reinfections.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
An estimated 1 percent to 3 percent of children infected with SARS-CoV-2 will develop long COVID, defined as having symptoms that continue or develop four or more weeks after the initial phase of infection.
—Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2025
The SARS-CoV-2 genetic sequence does not show obvious signs of laboratory manipulation.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
The virus that causes COVID, SARS-CoV-2, hasn’t mutated much recently, says Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist who writes the popular newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist and consults for the CDC.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2025
That’s according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine earlier this month, which found that 4.5% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, developed chronic fatigue.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025
Share [Findings] Convalescent plasma helps Syrian hamsters fight SARS-CoV-2.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
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Rich Haridy, New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2025
Some of the people with PVS also had higher levels of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, which enables the virus to penetrate and infect host cells.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 24 Feb. 2025
What actually happened was that SARS-CoV-2 began mutating quickly, first to be more transmissible and then to evade our immunity, causing breakthrough infections and reinfections.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
An estimated 1 percent to 3 percent of children infected with SARS-CoV-2 will develop long COVID, defined as having symptoms that continue or develop four or more weeks after the initial phase of infection.
—Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2025
The SARS-CoV-2 genetic sequence does not show obvious signs of laboratory manipulation.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
The virus that causes COVID, SARS-CoV-2, hasn’t mutated much recently, says Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist who writes the popular newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist and consults for the CDC.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2025
That’s according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine earlier this month, which found that 4.5% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, developed chronic fatigue.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025
Share [Findings] Convalescent plasma helps Syrian hamsters fight SARS-CoV-2.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
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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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