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Virology MCQs
What Is A Coronavirus?
Coronaviruses are common animal and human viruses.
Coronaviruses were first discovered in poultry in the 1930s.
Coronaviruses cause a range of neurologic, respiratory, liver, and gastrointestinal diseases in animals.
What Is A Novel Coronavirus?
A “novel” coronavirus means that it is a new coronavirus and it has not been previously identified in humans. It also means that it is different from old coronaviruses that caused SARS in 2002 and MERS in 2012.
Who Named COVID-19?
The coronavirus disease of 2019 was named COVID-19 by World Health Organization (WHO) in a press release on February 11, 2020.
What Is Covid 19 Stands For?
‘CO’ stands for Corona,
‘VI’ stands for Virus,
‘D’ stands for Disease
‘19’ stands for Year 2019
How many Coronaviruses are known to cause disease in humans?
The following 7 coronaviruses are known to cause disease in humans.
Common human coronaviruses:
These 4 human coronaviruses cause symptoms of “common cold.”
- 229E (Alpha Coronavirus)
- OC43 (Alpha Coronavirus)
- NL63 (Beta Coronavirus)
- HUK1 (Beta Coronavirus)
Other human coronaviruses
These 3 human coronaviruses cause serious lung infections, like pneumonia.
- SARS-CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS)
- MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS)
- SARS-CoV-2 (Current pandemic known as COVID-19)
