Tag: reinfection
Deepti Gurdasani: “This is a virus that we need to eliminate”, condemns “herd immunity” policies
“There’s no country that has attained herd immunity to SARS-CoV-2. More...
Brazil: previously infected and fully vaccinated subjects with high anti-S IgG titers are susceptible to infection by VOC
Here we show that even previously infected and fully vaccinated subjects with high anti-S IgG titers are susceptible to infection by VOC, highlighting that immune responses induced by either natural infection or vaccination may not be sufficient to prevent infection by SARS-CoV-2 variants. More...
Preprint: surges in coronavirus cases associated with NTD deletions common in vaccine breakthrough infections or reinfections
Researchers find that surges in COVID-19 case numbers are associated with deletions in the SARS-CoV-2 genome in an antigenic site of the spike protein. More...
UK: 487 reinfections for UK coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 and 13 reinfections already for B.1.617.2
The latest UK PHE technical report shows that there have been 487 cases of reinfection recorded for the UK variant B.1.1.7. More...
Mink: 100% infection, recovery and then 75% re-infection of farmed mink
On a mink farm with about 15,000 animals, over 75% tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in throat swabs and 100% of tested animals were seropositive. More...
India: Doctors discuss the diagnosis and treatment of B.1.617 double mutant coronavirus patients
“Death of fully vaccinated people”, “Increased incidence of reinfections”, “Very infectious. More...
Brazil: First confirmed death from coronavirus REINFECTION reported
A 39-year-old Brazilian man who died of COVID-19 last month was suffering from a second bout of the illness, researchers said on Tuesday, making it the country’s first confirmed death from coronavirus reinfection. More...
UK: coronavirus vaccine breakthrough cases reported with B.1.351 and B.1.1.7 variants
People in the UK have been infected with Covid-19 more than once thanks to catching different variants of the coronavirus. More...
USA coronavirus study: “Our findings indicate that reinfection by SARS-CoV-2 in healthy young adults is common”
“Our findings indicate that reinfection by SARS-CoV-2 in health young adults is common” says Stuart Sealfon, MD. More...
Genetic Evidence and Host Immune Response in Persons Reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Brazil
A paper to be published in May in the U.S. More...