MEV-1
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MEV-1 is a fictional, highly lethal and fast-spreading respiratory virus depicted in the 2011 film "Contagion," used to portray a realistic global pandemic scenario.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MEV-1 canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional pathogen
ⓘ
fictional virus ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Contagion (2011 film)
ⓘ
surface form:
Contagion
|
| associatedDirector | Steven Soderbergh ⓘ |
| causes | fictional global pandemic ⓘ |
| contagiousness | high ⓘ |
| creator | Scott Z. Burns ⓘ |
| depictedInYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| diseaseType | respiratory infection ⓘ |
| fieldOfDepiction |
epidemiology
ⓘ
virology ⓘ |
| firstOutbreakLocationInPlot |
Hong Kong, China
ⓘ
surface form:
Hong Kong
|
| genreContext | medical thriller ⓘ |
| hasGenomeTypeInFiction | RNA virus ⓘ |
| hasVaccineInPlot | yes ⓘ |
| incubationPeriod | short ⓘ |
| indexCaseInPlot | Beth Emhoff ⓘ |
| intermediateHost | pig ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| modeledAfter |
Nipah virus
ⓘ
SARS-CoV ⓘ
surface form:
SARS coronavirus
|
| mortalityRate | high ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | depict global pandemic ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
global health crisis
ⓘ
pandemic preparedness ⓘ virus transmission dynamics ⓘ |
| originStory | bat-pig recombination ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | zoonotic disease ⓘ |
| primaryHumanHost | human ⓘ |
| publicHealthResponseDepicted |
contact tracing
ⓘ
mask use ⓘ quarantine measures ⓘ social distancing ⓘ |
| reservoirSpecies | bat ⓘ |
| riskCategoryInFiction | biosafety level 4-like ⓘ |
| spreadPattern | exponential growth ⓘ |
| symptom |
cough
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fever ⓘ respiratory distress ⓘ seizures ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
aerosols
ⓘ
fomites ⓘ respiratory droplets ⓘ |
| usedFor | pandemic simulation narrative ⓘ |
| usedToIllustrate |
R0 (basic reproduction number)
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asymptomatic transmission ⓘ supply chain disruption ⓘ vaccine allocation ethics ⓘ |
| vaccineDevelopmentDepictedAs | rapid but constrained ⓘ |
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