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

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2020 Sep 18:53:e20200619. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0619-2020. eCollection 2020.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Betacoronavirus
  • Brazil
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Recurrence*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • RNA, Viral