Coronavirus Glossary

This glossary contains definitions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for terms that are relevant to the 2019 coronavirus outbreak.

Topics

  • coronavirus
  • glossary
  • case
  • case-fatality rate
  • cluster
  • epidemic
  • host
  • index case
  • outbreak
  • reproduction number
  • reservoir
  • transmissibility
  • zoonosis
  • pandemic