Hi everybody, I'' m Abby Carlson. I'' m a contagious illness medical professional below at the Centers for Condition Control
and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. Invite back to Inside Infection Control,
our brand-new blog from Job Firstline. We are going to clean up today
a difference that you see a whole lot, which is these two terms
SARS-CoV-2 and also COVID-19, and also comprehending what those mean. We see these terms in lots of areas in
healthcare, and a great deal of people have inquiries, due to the fact that it'' s not always totally clear
what the connection is in between the 2. So, we'' re mosting likely to make clear that. SARS-CoV-2 is the name of the infection–
the main scientific name– of the bacterium that triggers
the condition COVID-19.
This can be really confusing,
but it'' s actually not all that unusual. There are other times in medicine
where an infection has one name and also the disease that triggers it
is called something else. One instance that you all could be
more knowledgeable about is chickenpox. Chickenpox, the condition, is that rash
that you perhaps obtained in childhood or maybe you got immunized versus it. However the virus that triggers chickenpox, the
disease, is named Varicella-zoster virus. That'' s its main taxonomic name. So, likewise, since SARS-CoV-2 is the authorities
taxonomic name of the virus that triggers COVID-19, when we chat concerning the virus as well as what
it performs in the body to make individuals sick, we use its official name. The locations you'' ll probably see this many
in health care is in testing as well as test results, where those results are typically reported by
that main taxonomic name of SARS-CoV-2. You may additionally see it a little
when people speak about the vaccination. On the various other hand, COVID-19 represents
Coronavirus condition 2019, CO VI D 2019. It'' s the health problem that individuals fall victim to, the
high temperature, the chills, the cough, the trouble breathing, all those other signs that individuals
have when they'' re contaminated with the virus.So, COVID-19 is the disease, the
signs that you fall victim to, and also it'' s exactly how we mainly talk regarding the pandemic. So to sum it up, we get contaminated with SARS-CoV-2, which makes us obtain sick with the condition COVID-19. But undoubtedly we don'' t wish to get infected and also we wear'' t wish to get ill, as well as we put on'' t wish to spread it to others.And that is where
infection control comes in. If you ' re asking yourself at this point, “Well, what ' s an infection?
“” return for the next episode, we ' re going to chat even more regarding that, and after that why that matters for infection control as well as medical care.
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