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What does "covid-19" mean compared with other infections, and what is the difference between covid-19 and sars-cov-2?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Disease vs virus: COVID-19 is the name of the infection (for COronaVirus Infectious Disease 2019). SARS-CoV-2 is the formal name for the virus that causes it. (Similar to the difference between AIDS, the disease; and HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.)

Answered 3/16/2020

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