Case series of four re-infections with a SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351 variant, Luxembourg, February 2021
Thérèse Staub, Vic Arendt, Esther Calvo Lasso de la Vega, P. Braquet, C. Michaux, Michel Kohnen, Chantal Tsobo, Tamir Abdelrahman, Anke Wienecke-Baldacchino, Jean-Hugues François
Abstract
We describe four SARS-CoV-2 re-infections with a B.1.351 variant in 2021, in healthcare workers (HCWs) previously infected in 2020, before detection of this variant in Europe. Cases live in France, near the border with Luxembourg, where variants B.1.351 and B.1.1.7 circulated. All work in the same hospital unit where a cluster of COVID 19 with B1.351 variant occurred, affecting patients and HCWs. Before the cluster onset, HCWs used surgical masks, as per recommendations. After cluster onset, HCWs used FFP2 masks.
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Cluster (spacecraft)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakMedicineVirologyHealth careOutbreakDiseaseInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)Computer scienceProgramming languageEconomic growthEconomicsSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 epidemiological studies