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'''Novel coronavirus''', abbreviated '''nCoV''', refers to any recently discovered [[coronavirus]] of medical significance. It is usually prepended with the year of discovery to disambiguate. Although coronaviruses are [[endemic|Endemic (epidemiology)]] in humans, [[cross-species transmission]] (such as from a [[bat-borne virus#Coronaviruses|bat-borne coronavirus]]) can produce particularly severe symptoms. Specific strains include: |
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* [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus]] (2002-nCoV) |
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* [[Human coronavirus HKU1]] (2005-nCoV) |
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* [[Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus]] (2012-nCoV), including the even more specific |
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** [[MERS coronavirus EMC/2012]] |
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** [[London1 novel CoV/2012]] |
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* [[Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)]], aka ''Wuhan virus'' |
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Revision as of 17:57, 30 January 2020
Novel coronavirus, abbreviated nCoV, refers to any recently discovered coronavirus of medical significance. It is usually prepended with the year of discovery to disambiguate. Although coronaviruses are Endemic (epidemiology) in humans, cross-species transmission (such as from a bat-borne coronavirus) can produce particularly severe symptoms. Specific strains include:
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (2002-nCoV)
- Human coronavirus HKU1 (2005-nCoV)
- Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (2012-nCoV), including the even more specific
- Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), aka Wuhan virus
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