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Wuhan coronavirus: Also termed COVID-19, 2019-nCoV, rel=manualWuhan coronavirus is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA coronavirus. Medical professionals first reported that it caused disease in humans in late 2019. In addition, Chinese officials indicate that person-to-person transfer of the virus is happening. The virus is related to SARS and MERS viruses. rel=manualWuhan coronavirus may cause initial flu-like rel=manualsymptoms followed by cough, fever and difficulty breathing. Alveoli become inflamed and can fill up with fluid or pus ( pneumonia), and some patients develop kidney failure. Researchers believe that the virus originated in China from a Wuhan food market where there were infected animals. It is rapidly spreading out of China. Infections have been noted in Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and the United States.