COVID-19: a confirmed case of reinfection in a nurse

We describe the case of a 63-year-old man who is reported to have the first confirmed case of COVID-19 reinfection in Campania Region, Italy. We found that the two episodes were caused by virus strains with clearly different genome sequences. The patient, a retired nurse, had a very low level of ant...

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Autores principales: Scarpati, Giuliana, Piazza, Ornella, Pagliano, Pasquale, Rizzo, Francesca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8278885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34257135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-244507
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author Scarpati, Giuliana
Piazza, Ornella
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description We describe the case of a 63-year-old man who is reported to have the first confirmed case of COVID-19 reinfection in Campania Region, Italy. We found that the two episodes were caused by virus strains with clearly different genome sequences. The patient, a retired nurse, had a very low level of antibodies IgG directed against the spike protein 14 days after his first Pfizer/BioNTek vaccine shot.
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spelling pubmed-82788852021-07-30 COVID-19: a confirmed case of reinfection in a nurse Scarpati, Giuliana Piazza, Ornella Pagliano, Pasquale Rizzo, Francesca BMJ Case Rep Case Report We describe the case of a 63-year-old man who is reported to have the first confirmed case of COVID-19 reinfection in Campania Region, Italy. We found that the two episodes were caused by virus strains with clearly different genome sequences. The patient, a retired nurse, had a very low level of antibodies IgG directed against the spike protein 14 days after his first Pfizer/BioNTek vaccine shot. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8278885/ /pubmed/34257135 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-244507 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://bmj.com/coronavirus/usageThis article is made freely available for use in accordance with BMJ’s website terms and conditions for the duration of the covid-19 pandemic or until otherwise determined by BMJ. You may use, download and print the article for any lawful, non-commercial purpose (including text and data mining) provided that all copyright notices and trade marks are retained.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8278885/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-244507
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