COVID-19

**Definition:** A viral disorder generally characterized by high FEVER; COUGH; DYSPNEA; CHILLS; PERSISTENT TREMOR; MUSCLE PAIN; HEADACHE; SORE THROAT; a new loss of taste and/or smell (see AGEUSIA and ANOSMIA) and other symptoms of a VIRAL PNEUMONIA. A coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 VIRUS, in the genus BETACORONAVIRUS is the causative agent.

**Tree numbers:** - C01.748.610.763.500 - C01.925.705.500 - C01.925.782.600.550.200.163 - C08.381.677.807.500 - C08.730.610.763.500

**Synonyms:** - SARS Coronavirus 2 Infection - 2019-nCoV Infection - SARS-CoV-2 Infection - 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease - 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection - 2019-nCoV Disease - COVID19 - Coronavirus Disease 2019 - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection - COVID-19 Virus Disease - Coronavirus Disease-19 - COVID-19 Virus Infection