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MeSH Heading: SARS-CoV-2
Tree Number(s): B04.820.578.500.540.150.113.937.500
Unique ID: D000086402
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000086402
Annotation: infection = COVID-19
Scope Note: A species of BETACORONAVIRUS causing atypical respiratory disease (COVID-19) in humans. The organism was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China. The natural host is the Chinese intermediate horseshoe bat, RHINOLOPHUS affinis.
Entry Term(s): 2019 Novel Coronavirus; 2019-nCoV; COVID-19 Virus; COVID19 Virus; Coronavirus Disease 2019 Virus; SARS Coronavirus 2; SARS-CoV-2 Virus; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2; Wuhan Coronavirus; Wuhan Seafood Market Pneumonia Virus
NLM Classification #: QW 168.5.C8
Public MeSH Note: 2021; for SARS-COV-2 see under BETACORONAVIRUS 2020
History Note: 2021(2020)
Date Established: 2021/01/01
Date of Entry: 2020/07/07
Revision Date: 2022/05/23

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Viruses [B04]
- RNA Viruses [B04.820]
  - Positive-Strand RNA Viruses [B04.820.578]
    - Nidovirales [B04.820.578.500]
      - Coronaviridae [B04.820.578.500.540]
        
        Coronavirus [B04.820.578.500.540.150]
        
        Betacoronavirus [B04.820.578.500.540.150.113]
        
        Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus [B04.820.578.500.540.150.113.937]
        
        SARS-CoV-2 [B04.820.578.500.540.150.113.937.500]

SARS-CoV-2 Preferred

Concept UI: M000732445
Scope Note: A species of BETACORONAVIRUS causing atypical respiratory disease (COVID-19) in humans. The organism was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China. The natural host is the Chinese intermediate horseshoe bat, RHINOLOPHUS affinis.
Terms: SARS-CoV-2 Preferred Term
Term UI T001079611
Date04/30/2020
LexicalTag ABB
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Wuhan Coronavirus
Term UI T001079606
Date04/30/2020
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Wuhan Seafood Market Pneumonia Virus
Term UI T001079607
Date04/30/2020
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Coronavirus Disease 2019 Virus
Term UI T001079609
Date04/30/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
Term UI T001079610
Date04/30/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); SARS Coronavirus 2
Term UI T001082224
Date06/12/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); COVID19 Virus
Term UI T001106047
Date05/07/2021
LexicalTag ACX
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); 2019-nCoV
Term UI T001005936
Date01/22/2020
LexicalTag ABB
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); SARS-CoV-2 Virus
Term UI T001079585
Date04/30/2020
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); COVID-19 Virus
Term UI T001079605
Date04/30/2020
LexicalTag ACX
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); 2019 Novel Coronavirus
Term UI T001079604
Date04/30/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

SARS-CoV-2 MeSH Descriptor Data 2025