COVID-19
Official names have
been announced for the virus responsible for COVID-19 (previously known as
“2019 novel coronavirus”) and the disease it causes. The official names
are:
Disease
Coronavirus
disease
(COVID-19)
Virus
Severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2)
(SARS-CoV-2)
For what reason do the infection and the sickness have
various names?
Infections, and the illnesses they cause, regularly have
various names. For instance, HIV is the infection that causes AIDS. Individuals
frequently know the name of sickness, for example, measles, however not the
name of the infection that causes it (rubella).
There are various procedures, and purposes, for naming
infections and illnesses.
Infections are named dependent on their hereditary structure
to encourage the advancement of analytic tests, antibodies, and meds.
Virologists and the more extensive academic network accomplish this work, so
infections are named by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
(ICTV).
Maladies are named to empower conversation on infection
counteraction, spread, transmissibility, seriousness, and treatment. Human
ailment readiness and reaction is WHO's job, so infections are authoritatively
named by WHO in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
ICTV declared "extreme intense respiratory disorder coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2)" as the name of the new infection on 11 February 2020. This
name was picked in light of the fact that the infection is hereditarily
identified with the coronavirus answerable for the SARS episode of 2003. While
related, the two infections are unique.
WHO reported "COVID-19" as the name of this new
ailment on 11 February 2020, after rules recently created with the World
Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO).
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