COVID-19
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Summary
COVID-19 is an emerging communicable disease[1]. COVID-19 draws 53,305 Wikipedia views per month (emerging communicable disease category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: atypical pneumonia[3], class of disease[4]
- Location of discovery: Wuhan[5]
- Subclass of: atypical pneumonia[6], coronavirus disease[7], viral pneumonia[8], zoonosis[9], Virus diseases of plants[10], pneumonia[11], disease[12]
- Commons category: COVID-19[13]
- Said to be the same as: Wuhan pneumonia[14]
- Time of discovery or invention: December 2019[15]
- Symptoms and signs: cough[16], fever[17], respiratory failure[18], headache[19], myalgia[20], fatigue[21], hemoptysis[22], diarrhea[23], dyspnea[24], lymphopenia[25], anemia[26], anosmia[27], ageusia[28], hypoxia[29]
- Significant event: COVID-19 pandemic[30]
- Has cause: SARS-CoV-2[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:COVID-19[32]
- Medical examination: reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction[33], ELISA[34], computed tomography[35], polymerase chain reaction[36], COVID-19 rapid antigen test[37]
- Possible treatment: symptomatic treatment[38]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for COVID-19 include Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act[39], a legislation[40], in United States[41]; Corona-chan[42], a catchphrase[43], founded in 2020[44]; Covidiot[45], a blend word[46]; and Humbertium covidum[47], a taxon[48].
Why It Matters
COVID-19 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] COVID-19 is known by 219 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for COVID-19 include Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act[39], a legislation[40], in United States[41]; Corona-chan[42], a catchphrase[43], founded in 2020[44]; Covidiot[45], a blend word[46]; and Humbertium covidum[47], a taxon[48].