Pandemic or Panzootic—A Reflection on Terminology for SARS-CoV-2 Infection

As of October 2022, a total of 675 natural outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 infection have occurred in animal species worldwide. Here, we provide a linguistic and etymologic critique of the term “pandemic” being used to describe the COVID-19 health crisis, as opposed to the term “panzootic,” and discuss poli...

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Autores principales: Agnelli, Sara, Capua, Ilaria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Another Dimension
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9707580/
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.220819
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spelling pubmed-97075802022-12-09 Pandemic or Panzootic—A Reflection on Terminology for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Agnelli, Sara Capua, Ilaria Emerg Infect Dis Another Dimension As of October 2022, a total of 675 natural outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 infection have occurred in animal species worldwide. Here, we provide a linguistic and etymologic critique of the term “pandemic” being used to describe the COVID-19 health crisis, as opposed to the term “panzootic,” and discuss policy ramifications of more inclusive terminology. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9707580/ http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.220819 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_short Pandemic or Panzootic—A Reflection on Terminology for SARS-CoV-2 Infection
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