Hi everybody, I'' m Abby Carlson. I'' m an infectious conditions medical professional below at the Centers for Illness Control
and Avoidance in Atlanta, Georgia. Welcome back to Inside Infection Control,
our brand-new blog site from Task Firstline. We are going to clean up today
a difference that you see a lot, which is these 2 terms
SARS-CoV-2 as well as COVID-19, as well as recognizing what those mean. We see these terms in lots of areas in
healthcare, and also a lot of people have inquiries, due to the fact that it'' s not always completely clear
what the relationship is between both. So, we'' re mosting likely to clear up that. SARS-CoV-2 is the name of the virus–
the official scientific name– of the germ that triggers
the disease COVID-19. This can be really complex,
however it'' s in fact not all that unusual.There are other
times in medication where a virus has one
name and also the condition that causes it is named another thing.
One example that you all may be more knowledgeable about is chickenpox.
Chickenpox, the illness, is that breakout that you possibly entered childhood years or possibly you got immunized against it. However the infection that causes chickenpox, the condition, is called Varicella-zoster virus. That ' s its official taxonomic name. So, likewise, since SARS-CoV-2 is the official taxonomic name of the infection that causes COVID-19, when
we speak concerning the infection as well as what it does in the body to make individuals unwell, we utilize its main name. The places you ' ll possibly see this most in medical care is in testing and examination outcomes, where those results are often reported by that official taxonomic name of SARS-CoV-2. You may likewise see it a little when people talk about the injection. On the other hand, COVID-19 means Coronavirus condition 2019, CO VI D 2019. It ' s the disease that people fall victim to, the fever, the cools, the cough, the trouble breathing, all those various other signs that individuals have when they
' re infected with the infection. So, COVID-19 is the illness, the signs that you come
down with, and also'it ' s exactly how we primarily speak about the pandemic. So to sum it up, we get contaminated with SARS-CoV-2, which makes us get unwell with the disease COVID-19.
Yet undoubtedly we wear ' t intend to get contaminated as well as we wear ' t intend to obtain unwell, as well as we wear ' t want to
spread it to others.And that is where infection control comes in. If you'' re doubting this point
, “Well, what ' s an infection?” return for the next episode, we ' re mosting likely to speak more regarding that, and'then why that matters for infection control and also health care. As constantly, wear ' t be reluctant to follow us on Facebook or Twitter, as well as have a look at our site at CDC.gov/ ProjectFirstline
We ' ll see you all with the following episode.
