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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These cutting-edge sensors were specifically designed for the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for COVID-19.
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Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
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The Baylor team leveraged the fact that many viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, infect urinary or gastrointestinal cells, thereby shedding into urine and feces — and thus wastewater.
—Simar Bajaj, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024
To be eligible for the treatment, a person must not currently have SARS-CoV-2 or have recently been exposed to the virus.
—Syeda Khaula Saad, Verywell Health, 2 Apr. 2024
There is no evidence that any research the U.S. government funded in China produced the SARS-CoV-2 virus, or even that any such research at that lab was scientifically possible.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Share [Findings] Convalescent plasma helps Syrian hamsters fight SARS-CoV-2.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Mounting scientific evidence suggests that being infected with SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID — profoundly impacts brain health in many ways.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
Their research suggested that people could get Covid after inhaling SARS-CoV-2 viruses suspended in teeny-tiny droplets in the air as infected patients breathed.
—Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
The reference was to a groundless accusation beloved by lab-leak advocates that a grant proposal sponsored by Daszak’s organization involved creating a virus in a Chinese lab that became SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Related: Male birth control research wins audience over at STAT Madness event
The Baylor team leveraged the fact that many viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, infect urinary or gastrointestinal cells, thereby shedding into urine and feces — and thus wastewater.
—Simar Bajaj, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024
To be eligible for the treatment, a person must not currently have SARS-CoV-2 or have recently been exposed to the virus.
—Syeda Khaula Saad, Verywell Health, 2 Apr. 2024
There is no evidence that any research the U.S. government funded in China produced the SARS-CoV-2 virus, or even that any such research at that lab was scientifically possible.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Share [Findings] Convalescent plasma helps Syrian hamsters fight SARS-CoV-2.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Mounting scientific evidence suggests that being infected with SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID — profoundly impacts brain health in many ways.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
Their research suggested that people could get Covid after inhaling SARS-CoV-2 viruses suspended in teeny-tiny droplets in the air as infected patients breathed.
—Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
The reference was to a groundless accusation beloved by lab-leak advocates that a grant proposal sponsored by Daszak’s organization involved creating a virus in a Chinese lab that became SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 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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