COVID-19: What’s in a name?

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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Main Author: Edward Kenyi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: South Sudan Doctors' Association 2020
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Public aspects of medicine
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Avian flu
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