SARS-CoV-2

American  

[sahrz-koh-vee-too] / ˈsɑrzˈkoʊ viˈtu /

noun

Pathology.

1. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 2: the strain of a coronavirus that causes COVID-19. First identified in 2019, it subsequently set off a global pandemic.

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Example Sentences

Laboratory analyses showed strong IgG responses and neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, along with immune-related proteins and metabolites linked to early host defense.

From Science Daily

Rajnarayanan pointed to a study published in The Lancet that found the long-term risks associated with flu appear to be far less prominent than what has been documented with long COVID, in which symptoms from the SARS-CoV-2 virus last for months or even years.

From Salon

Other studies have linked ST6GAL1 to breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections, in which vaccinated individuals still become infected.

From Science Daily

Biedermann continues: "The data obtained clearly shows that the concept of highly energetic water molecules is physically founded -- and that those very water molecules are a central driving force during the formation of molecular bonds. Even natural antibodies, for example against SARS-CoV-2, might owe their effectiveness partly to the way how they transport water molecules into and out of their binding cavities."

From Science Daily

During 2020 and 2021, for instance, these methods enabled the rapid decoding and worldwide monitoring of the SARS-CoV-2 genome.

From Science Daily