Ang SARS-CoV-2 (mula sa Ingles: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2),[1][2] na dating kilala bilang 2019-nCoV at Wuhan virus,[3][4] ay isang positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus.[5][6][7] Ito ay nakakahawa sa tao at ang sanhi ng COVID-19.[8]
Ang SARS-CoV-2 ay may malaking pagkakahawig sa mga coronavirus na nanggagaling sa paniki (na mayroong sootomiyang pinagmulan),[9][10][11] ngunit mayroon ding pagkakahawig sa mga coronavirus na galing sa balintong.[12][13] Sa taksonomiyang pananaw, ang SARS-CoV-2 ay itinuturing bilang isang lahi ng uring severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus.[1]
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↑"CoV2020". GISAID EpifluDB. Inarkibo mula sa orihinal noong 12 January 2020. Nakuha noong 12 January 2020.
↑Chan JF, Yuan S, Kok KH, atbp. (January 2020). "A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster". Lancet. 395 (10223): 514–523. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30154-9. PMID31986261.
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↑Perlman S (January 2020). "Another Decade, Another Coronavirus". New England Journal of Medicine. 382 (8): 760–762. doi:10.1056/NEJMe2001126. PMID31978944.
↑Benvenuto D, Giovanetti M, Ciccozzi A, atbp. (January 2020). "The 2019-new coronavirus epidemic: Evidence for virus evolution". Journal of Medical Virology. 92 (4): 455–459. doi:10.1002/jmv.25688. PMID31994738.