SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection in a Liver Transplant Recipient

2021/04/19 by Christopher H. Tomkins-Tinch, Jennifer S. Daly, Adrianne Gladden-Young +18 · 7 citations
Medicine · #SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research #SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing #COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

paper · doi:10.7326/l21-0108

Abstract

We present a case of a liver transplant recipient with 2 distinct SARS-CoV-2 infections, separated by 111 days without symptoms and 2 negative test results for SARS-CoV-2 infection. The clinical course suggested reinfection, and viral genomic sequencing was used to distinguish whether the later positive samples were due to SARS-CoV-2 relapse or reinfection.

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