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Pandemic & COVID-19 Research

Research guide on pandemics, epidemics, etc. including specific resources for COVID-19.

COVID/ Pandemic Keywords

COVID

  • COVID-19

  • "COVID 2019"

  • Coronavirus*

  • SARS-CoV-2

  • SARSCoV2

  • "SARS coronavirus 2"

  • "Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2"

  • novel AND coronavirus*

Pandemic

  • epidemic

  • endemic

  • outbreak

  • "public health emergency"

  • contagion

Historical Pandemics*

  • "Swine Flu" OR H1N1

  • Ebola

  • SARS

  • Mers-CoV

  • "Black Death" OR "Bubonic Plague"

  • Cholera

  • HIV/AIDS OR AIDS OR "Gay Related Immo-deficient Disease"

  • Malaria

*Pandemics, epidemics, or endemics may not be discussed by the name we know them today! 

Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Consider the focus beyond COVID (COVID AND [focus])

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  • History: Shaina Destine - sdestin1@utk.edu