Hi every person, I'' m Abby Carlson. I'' m a transmittable diseases physician right here at the Centers for Condition Control
and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. Welcome back to Inside Infection Control,
our brand-new blog from Project Firstline. We are going to clean up today
a distinction that you see a great deal, which is these 2 terms
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, and also understanding what those mean. We see these terms in many places in
health care, as well as a great deal of individuals have inquiries, because it'' s not constantly entirely clear
what the relationship is between both. So, we'' re mosting likely to clarify that. SARS-CoV-2 is the name of the infection–
the main taxonomic name– of the germ that triggers
the condition COVID-19. This can be actually complex,
yet it'' s in fact not all that uncommon. There are other times in medicine
where an infection has one name as well as the disease that triggers it
is named something else. One example that you all could be
much more familiar with is chickenpox.Chickenpox, the illness
, is that rash
that you perhaps entered childhood or perhaps you got vaccinated versus it. But the infection that triggers chickenpox, the
disease, is called Varicella-zoster virus. That'' s its main taxonomic name. So, in a similar way, since SARS-CoV-2 is the authorities
taxonomic name of the virus that causes COVID-19, when we chat regarding the virus and also what
it does in the body to make individuals unwell, we use its main name. The places you'' ll probably see this most
in healthcare is in testing and also test outcomes, where those outcomes are commonly reported by
that main clinical name of SARS-CoV-2. You might likewise see it a little
when people discuss the vaccination. On the other hand, COVID-19 represents
Coronavirus disease 2019, CO VI D 2019. It'' s the disease that people fall victim to, the
high temperature, the cools, the cough, the trouble breathing, all those various other symptoms that individuals
have when they'' re contaminated with the infection. So, COVID-19 is the illness, the
signs and symptoms that you come down with, and also it'' s just how we mainly speak about the pandemic.So to sum it up
, we get infected with SARS-CoV-2, which makes us get ill with the disease COVID-19. But obviously we don'' t want to get contaminated as well as we don'' t want to get ill, and we don'' t wish to spread it to others. Which is where infection control comes in. If you'' re doubting this point, “Well, what'' s a virus?” return for the following episode, we'' re mosting likely to chat even more about that, and after that why that matters for infection control as well as health care. As always, don'' t hesitate to follow us on Facebook or Twitter, and inspect out our internet site at CDC.gov/ ProjectFirstline We'' ll see you all with the next episode.
