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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2022 Jun 23;28(8).
doi: 10.3201/eid2808.220617. Online ahead of print.
Early SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections within 60 Days and Implications for Retesting Policies
Louis Nevejan, Lize Cuypers, Lies Laenen, Liselotte Van Loo, François Vermeulen, Elke Wollants, Ignace Van Hecke, Stefanie Desmet, Katrien Lagrou, Piet Maes, Emmanuel André
Abstract
Illustrated by a clinical case supplemented by epidemiologic data, early reinfections with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 after infection with Delta variant, and reinfection with Omicron BA.2 after Omicron BA.1 infection, can occur within 60 days, especially in young, unvaccinated persons. The case definition of reinfection, which influences retesting policies, should be reconsidered.
Keywords: Belgium; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; epidemiology; reinfections; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; testing policies; vaccination; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2022 Jun 23;28(8).
doi: 10.3201/eid2808.220617. Online ahead of print.
Early SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections within 60 Days and Implications for Retesting Policies
Louis Nevejan, Lize Cuypers, Lies Laenen, Liselotte Van Loo, François Vermeulen, Elke Wollants, Ignace Van Hecke, Stefanie Desmet, Katrien Lagrou, Piet Maes, Emmanuel André
- PMID: 35738346
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2808.220617
Abstract
Illustrated by a clinical case supplemented by epidemiologic data, early reinfections with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 after infection with Delta variant, and reinfection with Omicron BA.2 after Omicron BA.1 infection, can occur within 60 days, especially in young, unvaccinated persons. The case definition of reinfection, which influences retesting policies, should be reconsidered.
Keywords: Belgium; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; epidemiology; reinfections; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; testing policies; vaccination; viruses; zoonoses.