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Case Report: A Recovered SARS CoV-2 Patient Protected From Reinfection
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS CoV-2 is a worldwide emergency, and is taking a substantial toll on human health, lives, and the global economy. Due to the novelty of this virus, no SARS CoV-2-specific treatments or licensed vaccines are available though few vaccines are undergoing clinical tri...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7544991/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33102502 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.564264 |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS CoV-2 is a worldwide emergency, and is taking a substantial toll on human health, lives, and the global economy. Due to the novelty of this virus, no SARS CoV-2-specific treatments or licensed vaccines are available though few vaccines are undergoing clinical trials. Therefore, continued research into an effective vaccine is an urgent necessity. The reinfection of recovered patients is one of the major concerns of healthcare providers worldwide. Health authorities are currently seeking evidence of protection from reinfection in recovered individuals. This is the first case report in Saudi Arabia on a patient who was diagnosed as COVID-19-positive; recovered; and after successful recovery was protected against reinfection. |
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spelling | pubmed-75449912020-10-22 Case Report: A Recovered SARS CoV-2 Patient Protected From Reinfection Mahallawi, Waleed Front Med (Lausanne) Medicine The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS CoV-2 is a worldwide emergency, and is taking a substantial toll on human health, lives, and the global economy. Due to the novelty of this virus, no SARS CoV-2-specific treatments or licensed vaccines are available though few vaccines are undergoing clinical trials. Therefore, continued research into an effective vaccine is an urgent necessity. The reinfection of recovered patients is one of the major concerns of healthcare providers worldwide. Health authorities are currently seeking evidence of protection from reinfection in recovered individuals. This is the first case report in Saudi Arabia on a patient who was diagnosed as COVID-19-positive; recovered; and after successful recovery was protected against reinfection. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7544991/ /pubmed/33102502 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.564264 Text en Copyright © 2020 Mahallawi. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Medicine Mahallawi, Waleed Case Report: A Recovered SARS CoV-2 Patient Protected From Reinfection |
title | Case Report: A Recovered SARS CoV-2 Patient Protected From Reinfection |
title_full | Case Report: A Recovered SARS CoV-2 Patient Protected From Reinfection |
title_fullStr | Case Report: A Recovered SARS CoV-2 Patient Protected From Reinfection |
title_full_unstemmed | Case Report: A Recovered SARS CoV-2 Patient Protected From Reinfection |
title_short | Case Report: A Recovered SARS CoV-2 Patient Protected From Reinfection |
title_sort | case report: a recovered sars cov-2 patient protected from reinfection |
topic | Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7544991/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33102502 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.564264 |
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