Hi everyone, I'' m Abby Carlson. I'' m an infectious conditions doctor below 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 clear today
a difference that you see a great deal, which is these 2 terms
SARS-CoV-2 and also COVID-19, as well as understanding what those mean. We see these terms in several places in
healthcare, and also a great deal of people have questions, since it'' s not always totally clear
what the connection is between both. So, we'' re mosting likely to clear up that. SARS-CoV-2 is the name of the virus–
the main clinical name– of the bacterium that creates
the illness COVID-19. This can be truly complex,
yet it'' s actually not all that unusual. There are other times in medicine
where a virus has one name as well as the disease that causes it
is named something else. One example that you all could be
much more acquainted with is chickenpox. Chickenpox, the condition, is that rash
that you maybe entered youth or possibly you got immunized against it. However the infection that creates chickenpox, the
condition, is named Varicella-zoster virus.That ' s
its main taxonomic name. So, likewise, since SARS-CoV-2 is the authorities
taxonomic name of the infection that triggers COVID-19, when we discuss the infection and also what
it performs in the body to make people unwell, we utilize its official name. The places you'' ll most likely see this most
in medical care remains in testing and also test results, where those outcomes are commonly reported by
that official taxonomic name of SARS-CoV-2. You could likewise see it a little
when people discuss the injection. On the other hand, COVID-19 stands for
Coronavirus disease 2019, CO VI D 2019.
It'' s the disease that individuals fall victim to, the
high temperature, the cools, the cough, the problem breathing, all those other signs that people
have when they'' re contaminated with the infection. So, COVID-19 is the illness, the
signs that you fall victim to, and also it'' s just how we mostly speak about the pandemic. So to sum it up, we get contaminated with SARS-CoV-2, which makes us get ill with the disease COVID-19. However obviously we wear'' t want to get contaminated as well as we wear'' t want to obtain ill, as well as we don'' t wish to spread it to others. And that is where infection control is available in. If you'' re doubting this point, “Well, what'' s a virus?” come back for the next episode, we'' re mosting likely to talk more regarding that, and after that why that issues for infection control and also healthcare.As constantly, put on '
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