COVID-19

• 2019.12, Wuhan, China에서 Novel Coronavirus 발생
• WHO 공식 명칭 COVID-19
• Etiology : Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2공식 명칭 쓰는 문제)
  • Beta-coronavirus에 속함. large class of viruses prevalent in nature.
  • SARS, MERS에 비해 high transmissibility, infectivity / low mortality rate(약 5%)
• Transmission
  • most likely source : Bat
  • complete genome sequence recognition rates(유사도) : SARS-CoV와 79.5% / bat SARS-coronavirus와 96%
• Vaccine 강의자료에 없음, 족보 출제
  • Johnson&Johnson vaccine : adenovirus vector vaccine (mRNA 아님)
  • pfizer, Moderna vaccine : mRNA vaccine
  • vaccination, hand hygiene, air purification 등보다 중요한 예방법은 social distancing(사회적 거리두기)