SARS-CoV-2 is an appropriate name for the new coronavirus

Y Wu, W Ho, Y Huang, DY Jin, S Li, SL Liu, X Liu, J Qiu… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
The authors argued that the use of SARS in the virus name could confuse the public about
the disease that it causes; in addition, they noted that the name SARS-CoV-2 is not …

COVID-19: the medium is the message

L Garrett - The lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Perspectives www. thelancet. com Vol 395 March 21, 2020 943 physician Li Wenliang and
his brave Wuhan colleagues to convey their suspicions regarding a new form of infectious …

SARS-CoV-2's origin should be investigated worldwide for pandemic prevention

Z Wu, Q Jin, G Wu, J Lu, M Li, D Guo, K Lan, L Feng… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Humanity, and indeed all of life on Earth, is at a crossroads. Over the past several decades,
the scale of human impacts on Earth's natural systems has increased exponentially to the …

A distinct name is needed for the new coronavirus

S Jiang, Z Shi, Y Shu, J Song, GF Gao, W Tan, D Guo - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
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Did the hesitancy in declaring COVID-19 a pandemic reflect a need to redefine the term?

MS Green - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
has contributed greatly to clearing up confusion in the terminology in the professional
literature and the media. Discussions on when wide geographical spread of a disease …

Outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019

T Burki - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2020 - thelancet.com
As The Lancet Infectious Diseases went to press, the situation with the ongoing epidemic of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) that started in Wuhan, China, continued to rapidly …

COVID-19 content collection

A Sheikh, S Kerr, M Woolhouse… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The Lancet family of journals publishes the latest COVID-19 related content across
epidemiology, treatments, vaccines and much more. Here you can explore COVID-19 …

Can we contain the COVID-19 outbreak with the same measures as for SARS?

A Wilder-Smith, CJ Chiew, VJ Lee - The lancet infectious diseases, 2020 - thelancet.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003 resulted in more than 8000
cases and 800 deaths. SARS was eventually contained by means of syndromic surveillance …

The origin of SARS-CoV-2

T Burki - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2020 - thelancet.com
Researchers examining coronaviruses and bats are used to working with large numbers. A
2017 study of 12 333 bats from Latin America, Africa, and Asia found that almost 9% carried …

COVID-19 content collection

M Mafham, C Baigent - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
The Lancet family of journals publishes the latest COVID-19 related content across
epidemiology, treatments, vaccines and much more. Here you can explore COVID-19 …