Hi everyone, I'' m Abby Carlson. I'' m an infectious illness medical professional right here at the Centers for Disease Control
and also Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. Welcome back to Inside Infection Control,
our new blog from Project Firstline. We are going to improve today
a distinction that you see a lot, which is these two terms
SARS-CoV-2 as well as COVID-19, and also recognizing what those mean.We see these terms in numerous places in health care, as well as
a great deal of people have inquiries, because it'' s not always totally clear what the partnership is in between the 2. So, we'' re going to clear up that. SARS-CoV-2 is the name of the infection– the main scientific name– of the germ that causes the illness COVID-19. This can be truly complicated, yet it'' s really not all that uncommon. There are various other times in medication where an infection has one name and also the illness that causes it is called another thing. One instance that you all might be a lot more familiar with is chickenpox. Chickenpox, the disease, is that breakout that you maybe entered childhood or maybe you got vaccinated against it. Yet the infection that causes chickenpox, the condition, is called Varicella-zoster infection. That'' s its main clinical name. So, similarly, due to the fact that SARS-CoV-2 is the official scientific name of the infection that triggers COVID-19, when we talk regarding the infection and also what it carries out in the body to make people sick, we use its official name.The locations you
' ll possibly see this the majority of in health care remains in screening and examination outcomes, where those results are frequently reported by that official clinical name of SARS-CoV-2. You may additionally see it a little when individuals speak about the vaccine. On the other hand, COVID-19 represents Coronavirus disease 2019, CARBON MONOXIDE VI D 2019. It'' s the disease that individuals fall victim to, the fever, the cools, the cough, the problem breathing, all those other signs that people have when they'' re contaminated with the virus.So, COVID-19 is the disease, the symptoms that you fall victim to, and also it'' s how we mostly talk about the pandemic. So to sum it up, we get infected with SARS-CoV-2, which makes us get ill with the condition COVID-19. But certainly we put on'' t wish to obtain contaminated and also we don'' t wish to get ill, and we wear'' t wish to spread it to others. Which is where infection control comes in. If you'' re wondering at this point, “Well, what'' s an infection?” return for the next episode, we'' re going to talk even more concerning that, and after that why that issues for infection control and also healthcare. As always, put on'' t think twice to follow us on Facebook or Twitter, and take a look at our web site at CDC.gov/ ProjectFirstline We'' ll see you all with the following episode.
