Rate of SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection During an Omicron Wave in Iceland

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Aug 1;5(8):e2225320. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.25320.

Authors

Elias Eythorsson¹, Hrafnhildur Linnet Runolfsdottir¹, Ragnar Freyr Ingvarsson¹, Martin I Sigurdsson^{1

2}, Runolfur Palsson^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Landspitali-The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
² Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Abstract

This cohort study estimates the proportion of persons who became reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 during the Omicron wave in Iceland.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Humans
Iceland / epidemiology
Reinfection* / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

Antibodies, Viral