Are SARS-CoV-2 reinfection and Covid-19 recurrence possible? a case report from Brazil

Abstract With the large number of individuals infected and recovered from Covid-19, there is intense discussion about the quality and duration of the immunity elicited by SARS-CoV-2 infection, including the possibility of disease recurrence. Here we report a case with strong clinical, epidemiologica...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Lívia Pimenta Bonifácio, Ana Paula Sulino Pereira, Daniel Cardoso de Almeida e Araújo, Viviane da Mata Pasti Balbão, Benedito Antônio Lopes da Fonseca, Afonso Dinis Costa Passos, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2020
Subjects:
Covid-19
SARS-CoV-2
Case Report
Reinfection
Recurrence
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0619-2020
https://doaj.org/article/908455c54378454c8b80717c91c18497
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Summary:Abstract With the large number of individuals infected and recovered from Covid-19, there is intense discussion about the quality and duration of the immunity elicited by SARS-CoV-2 infection, including the possibility of disease recurrence. Here we report a case with strong clinical, epidemiological and laboratorial evidence of, not only reinfection by SARS-CoV-2, but also clinical recurrence of Covid-19.

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