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What we know about covid-19 reinfection so far

Chris Stokel-Walker

2021BMJ68 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

With most coronaviruses, recovery confers a degree of immunity to reinfection. But a small number of patients have caught covid-19 for a second time. <b>Chris Stokel-Walker</b> looks at what we know and how worried we should be

Topics & Concepts

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakVirologyImmunityCoronavirusMedicineComputer scienceImmunologyPathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Immune systemOutbreakDiseaseSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 epidemiological studies