SARS-CoV-1

[ sahrz-koh-vee-wuhn ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 1: the first identified strain of a coronavirus that causes SARS. It appeared in late 2002 and subsequently triggered short-lived epidemics mostly in parts of East Asia.

Example Sentences

Viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1, Nipah, Hendra and possibly Ebola have all fatally spilled over from bats to humans, sometimes through an intermediate host.

From Science Daily

Four of these are generally mild: HKU1, 229E, NL63 and OC43, while the other three are more pathogenic: SARS-CoV-1, Mers-CoV and SARS-CoV-2.

From Science Daily

Scientists traced SARS-CoV-1 to palm civets, a type of catlike wild carnivore sold as food in some South China markets and restaurants.

From New York Times

Most researchers working on next-generation vaccines hope to create products that stimulate broader immunity to protect people from all sarbecoviruses, a group that includes variants of SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1, and related viruses found in bats and other wild animals that might spill over to humans.

From Science Magazine

“If there were an accident with Sars-CoV-1, that would introduce into humans a virus that is very different from what is circulating now,” he said.

From Washington Post