Time to stop the use of ‘Wuhan virus’, ‘China virus’ or ‘Chinese virus’ across the scientific community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21880451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zhaohui Su (0000-0003-2005-9504, The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center, corresponding author), Dean Mcdonnell (0000-0001-6043-8272, Institute of Technology Carlow), Jamilah Ahmad (0000-0002-8580-7529), Junaid Ahmad (0000-0001-5481-2408, Prime Institute of Public Health, Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan), A Cheshmehzangi (0000-0003-2657-4865, University of Nottingham Ningbo China), Xiaoshan Li (0000-0002-4316-5660, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University), Kylie Meyer (0000-0003-3032-2054, The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center), Yuyang Cai (0000-0002-0320-4602, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, corresponding author), Ling Yang (0000-0001-5750-6588, Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Yu-Tao Xiang (0000-0002-2906-0029, University of Macau) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | e003746 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMJ Global Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003746 |
| PMID | 32895218 |
| OpenAlex | W3083587713 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 11 |
box In many areas of the world, phrases such as ‘Wuhan virus’, ‘China virus’ and ‘Chinese virus’ have been frequently used by laypeople, influential politicians and mass media to refer to the virus SARS-CoV-2 that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.1 Naming a virus after a geographic location or group of people is not unheard-of, for example, the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and the Legionnaires’ disease.2 However, having precedence is not a de facto justification for using these alternatives, as mentioned above, to SARS-CoV-2. Replacing SARS-CoV-2 with ‘Wuhan virus’, ‘China virus’ or ‘Chinese virus’ hinders the public’s understanding and perception of the novel coronavirus. Inhibiting COVID-19 research development, similar to the accounts of MERS and Legionnaires’ disease, these terms are biased since not only Wuhan or Chinese people would contract the disease (until an iota of evidence emerges that somewhat hints the otherwise). These representations
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |