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Editor, Senior Moderator
Med Hypotheses
. 2020 Jun 8;144:109980.
doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109980. Online ahead of print.
Occult SARS-CoV-2 Infection; A Possible Hypothesis for Viral Relapse
Mostafa H Elberry[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hussien Ahmed[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a global public health emergency, which is characterized by high infection rate and fatal course. Recent data reported that the test for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA might become positive again after one or two consecutively negative tests. Many researchers are currently evaluating the clinical characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 reactivation. In this letter, we proposed a possible mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 reactivation or relapse after negative nasopharyngeal swabs PCR.
. 2020 Jun 8;144:109980.
doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109980. Online ahead of print.
Occult SARS-CoV-2 Infection; A Possible Hypothesis for Viral Relapse
Mostafa H Elberry[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hussien Ahmed[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32570163
- DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109980
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a global public health emergency, which is characterized by high infection rate and fatal course. Recent data reported that the test for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA might become positive again after one or two consecutively negative tests. Many researchers are currently evaluating the clinical characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 reactivation. In this letter, we proposed a possible mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 reactivation or relapse after negative nasopharyngeal swabs PCR.