South Sudan Medical Journal (May 2020)

COVID-19: What’s in a name?

  • Edward Kenyi

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 2
pp. 35 – 36

Abstract

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What does each of the following have in common: Ebola, Marburg, Swine Flu, Spanish Flu and Avian flu? They are all diseases named after a location or an animal host. In the past, this had been the norm: scientists rushed to name a new disease using the place where it first identified.

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