Reinfection in COVID-19: A scoping review

Lancelot Mark Pinto; Viral Nanda; Ayesha Sunavala; Camilla Rodriques

doi:10.1016/j.mjafi.2021.02.010

Reinfection in COVID-19: A scoping review

Med J Armed Forces India. 2021 Jul;77(Suppl 2):S257-S263. doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2021.02.010. Epub 2021 Jul 26.

Authors

Lancelot Mark Pinto¹, Viral Nanda², Ayesha Sunavala³, Camilla Rodriques⁴

Affiliations

¹ Consultant Pulmonologist, P.D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Center, Mumbai, India.
² DNB Trainee, P.D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Center, Mumbai, India.
³ Consultant Infectious Diseases, P.D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Center, Mumbai, India.
⁴ Consultant Microbiologist, P.D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Center, Mumbai, India.

Abstract

Reinfections in COVID-19 are being reported all around the world and are a cause for concern, considering that a lot of our assumptions and modeling (including vaccination) related to the disease have relied on long-term immunity. We were one of the first groups to report a series of 4 healthcare workers to have been reinfected. This review article reports a scoping review of the available literature on reinfections, with a discussion of the implications of reinfections.

Keywords: COVID-19; Immunity; Reinfection; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory infections.

Publication types

Review