Hi every person, I'' m Abby Carlson. I'' m an infectious conditions doctor below at the Centers for Condition Control
as well as Avoidance in Atlanta, Georgia. Invite back to Inside Infection Control,
our brand-new blog from Project Firstline. We are mosting likely to remove up today
a difference that you see a great deal, which is these two terms
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, as well as comprehending what those mean. We see these terms in many places in
health care, as well as a great deal of people have concerns, since it'' s not constantly completely clear
what the partnership is between the two.So, we'' re going to clear up that. SARS-CoV-2 is the name of the infection–
the official scientific name– of the bacterium that triggers
the disease COVID-19. This can be actually confusing,
but it'' s really not all that uncommon. There are other times in medication
where a virus has one name and the illness that causes it
is named something else. One example that you all may be
more knowledgeable about is chickenpox. Chickenpox, the disease, is that rash
that you maybe entered childhood years or perhaps you obtained immunized against it. Yet the virus that triggers chickenpox, the
disease, is called Varicella-zoster infection. That'' s its main taxonomic name. So, likewise, since SARS-CoV-2 is the official
scientific name of the virus that causes COVID-19, when we speak about the virus and what
it does in the body to make individuals ill, we utilize its main name. The locations you'' ll probably see this a lot of
in medical care is in testing as well as examination results, where those results are usually reported by
that official taxonomic name of SARS-CoV-2.
You may additionally see it a little
when people speak regarding the vaccine. On the other hand, COVID-19 represents
Coronavirus disease 2019, CARBON MONOXIDE VI D 2019. It'' s the ailment that individuals come down with, the
fever, the chills, the coughing, the trouble breathing, all those various other symptoms that people
have when they'' re infected with the infection. So, COVID-19 is the condition, the
signs that you fall victim to, and it'' s how we mostly speak about the pandemic. So to sum it up, we obtain infected with SARS-CoV-2, that makes us get unwell with the illness COVID-19. However undoubtedly we wear'' t wish to get contaminated as well as we put on'' t desire to obtain unwell, and we don'' t wish to spread it to others. And also 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 going to talk more about that, and after that why that issues for infection control and also healthcare.As constantly, put on '
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