Disease severity during SARS-COV-2 reinfection: a nationwide study

Anna A Mensah,Joanne Lacy,Julia Stowe,Giulia Seghezzo,Ruchira Sachdeva,Ruth Simmons,Antoaneta Bukasa,Shennae O'Boyle, Nick Andrews, Mary Ramsay,Helen Campbell,Kevin Brown

Journal of Infection（2022）

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Abstract

•SARS-CoV-2 reinfections associated with lower risk of death than first infections.•Prior infection and immunisation both protect against severe disease at reinfection.•Age sex and comorbidities are main risk factors for illness severity at reinfection.•Different results in populations at risk of COVID-19 complication and not at risk.

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SARS-CoV-2,COVID-19,Reinfection,Primary infection,Disease severity,Immunisation

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