Hi everybody, I'' m Abby Carlson. I'' m a transmittable diseases medical professional here at the Centers for Condition Control
and also Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. Invite 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 two terms
SARS-CoV-2 and also COVID-19, and also understanding what those mean. We see these terms in several places in
medical care, and also a whole lot of individuals have inquiries, since it'' s not constantly totally clear
what the relationship is in between the 2. So, we'' re mosting likely to clear up that. SARS-CoV-2 is the name of the virus–
the main clinical name– of the germ that creates
the disease COVID-19.
This can be really complex,
yet it'' s actually not all that uncommon. There are various other times in medication
where a virus has one name and also the condition that causes it
is named something else. One instance that you all may be
a lot more acquainted with is chickenpox. Chickenpox, the condition, is that rash
that you maybe obtained in childhood or maybe you obtained vaccinated versus it. However the virus that causes chickenpox, the
disease, is named Varicella-zoster virus. That'' s its official taxonomic name. So, similarly, because SARS-CoV-2 is the authorities
scientific name of the infection that triggers COVID-19, when we speak about the virus and what
it carries out in the body to make people unwell, we use its official name. The areas you'' ll possibly see this the majority of
in medical care remains in screening and also test outcomes, where those results are commonly reported by
that main taxonomic name of SARS-CoV-2. You could also see it a little
when people speak about the vaccination. On the various other hand, COVID-19 means
Coronavirus disease 2019, CO VI D 2019. It'' s the disease that individuals fall victim to, the
high temperature, the chills, the coughing, the problem breathing, all those other signs and symptoms that people
have when they'' re contaminated with the virus.So, COVID-19 is the illness, the
symptoms that you fall victim to, as well as it'' s just how we mostly talk about the pandemic. So to sum it up, we get infected with SARS-CoV-2, that makes us get ill with the condition COVID-19. Yet obviously we wear'' t desire to obtain infected and also we don'' t want to obtain ill, and also we wear'' t intend to spread it to others. Which is where infection control can be found in. If you'' re wondering at this point, “Well, what'' s an infection?” come back for the following episode, we'' re mosting likely to speak even more regarding that, and after that why that issues for infection control and medical care. As always, don'' t wait to follow us on Twitter or facebook, and examine out our site at CDC.gov/ ProjectFirstline We'' ll see you all with the following episode.
