A case of COVID-19 re-infection in Libya

Re-infection with SARS-CoV-2 is an active area of research and studying. Here, we present the first documented case of SARS-CoV-2 re-infection in Libya. The patient was a 24-year-old healthy man who initially presented with mild symptoms of generalised fatigue and intermittent episodes of fever for...

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Autores principales: Alzedam, A, Bengblya, A M, Zeglam, M J, Benmassoud, E T, Bennji, S M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: South African Medical Association 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8327678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34430866
http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2021.v27i2.131
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author Alzedam, A
Bengblya, A M
Zeglam, M J
Benmassoud, E T
Bennji, S M
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description Re-infection with SARS-CoV-2 is an active area of research and studying. Here, we present the first documented case of SARS-CoV-2 re-infection in Libya. The patient was a 24-year-old healthy man who initially presented with mild symptoms of generalised fatigue and intermittent episodes of fever for 3 days. During his second episode of COVID-19, he presented with chest tightness and intermittent dry cough. The patient fully recovered from both episodes of COVID-19 without any residual complaints. Since limited cases of SARS-CoV-2 re-infection have been identified, it is probably a rare phenomenon. It is however critical to identify the role of new SARS-CoV-2 variants in the pathogenesis of recurrent COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-83276782021-08-23 A case of COVID-19 re-infection in Libya Alzedam, A Bengblya, A M Zeglam, M J Benmassoud, E T Bennji, S M Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med Case Report Re-infection with SARS-CoV-2 is an active area of research and studying. Here, we present the first documented case of SARS-CoV-2 re-infection in Libya. The patient was a 24-year-old healthy man who initially presented with mild symptoms of generalised fatigue and intermittent episodes of fever for 3 days. During his second episode of COVID-19, he presented with chest tightness and intermittent dry cough. The patient fully recovered from both episodes of COVID-19 without any residual complaints. Since limited cases of SARS-CoV-2 re-infection have been identified, it is probably a rare phenomenon. It is however critical to identify the role of new SARS-CoV-2 variants in the pathogenesis of recurrent COVID-19. South African Medical Association 2021-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8327678/ /pubmed/34430866 http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2021.v27i2.131 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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