Wuhan virus

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of coronavirus, the disease COVID-19. colloquial,derogatory,offensive,sometimes,uncountable
    — This new “Wuhan virus” outbreak in China, which appears to be due to a novel coronavirus, is another warning to us about the need for more research in infectious diseases, epidemiology and control measures.
  2. Synonym of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. colloquial,derogatory,offensive,sometimes,uncountable
    — We designed candidate diagnostic RT-PCR assays before release of the first sequence of the Wuhan virus.
  3. Synonym of A/Wuhan/359/95, a strain of H3N2 influenza. uncommon,uncountable

词源

From Wuhan + virus, q.v., from its presumed origin in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The same name was separately and less prominently used in 1995 for a strain of H3N2 flu.
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