SARS-CoV-1

American  

[sahrz-koh-vee-wuhn] / ˈsɑrzˈkoʊ viˈwʌn /

noun

Pathology.

1. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 1: the first identified strain of a coronavirus that causes SARS. It appeared in late 2002 and subsequently triggered short-lived epidemics mostly in parts of East Asia.

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Example Sentences

Four of these are generally mild: HKU1, 229E, NL63 and OC43, while the other three are more pathogenic: SARS-CoV-1, Mers-CoV and SARS-CoV-2.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2023

Scientists traced SARS-CoV-1 to palm civets, a type of catlike wild carnivore sold as food in some South China markets and restaurants.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2023

Like many diseases including NiV, Ebola, SARS-CoV-1 and MERS, SARS-CoV-2 more than likely originated from bats.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2023

He said previous coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-1, which hit Asia in the early 2000s, and MERS-CoV, which caused outbreaks mostly in the Middle East from 2012 to 2015, were also associated with greater maternal complications.

From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2022

And yet the only thing researchers found were viruses close to SARS-CoV-1, which caused the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 decades ago.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 18, 2022