Recurrent COVID-19 including evidence of reinfection and enhanced severity in thirty Brazilian healthcare workers

The COVID-19 global pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) started in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and has spread worldwide.1 The virus can infect the respiratory, gastrointestinal, hepatic and central nervous systems, with a high rate of severe cases requiring hospitalization.2 The average incubation period from SARS-CoV-2 exposure to symptom onset is approximately 4 –5 days, with 97.5% of symptomatic patients experiencing symptoms within 11.5 days.

Source: Journal of Infection - February 12, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Let ícia Adrielle dos Santos, Pedro Germano de Góis Filho, Ana Maria Fantini Silva, João Victor Gomes Santos, Douglas Siqueira Santos, Marília Marques Aquino, Rafaela Mota de Jesus, Maria Luiza Dória Almeida, João Santana da Silva, Daniel M. Altmann Source Type: research