Definitions for coronavirus disease 2019 reinfection, relapse and PCR re-positivity

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, Rabin Medical Centre, Beilinson Hospital, Petah-Tikva, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: dafna.yahav@gmail.com.
² Infectious Diseases Unit, Rabin Medical Centre, Beilinson Hospital, Petah-Tikva, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
³ Geneva Centre for Emerging Viral Disease, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; Faculty of Medicine of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Laboratory of Virology, Laboratory Medicine Division, Diagnostic Department, Division of Infectious Disease. Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; Division of Infectious Disease, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Centre for Vaccinology and Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁵ MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens and Christophe Mérieux Laboratory, IPB, CAMS-Fondation Mérieux, Institute of Pathogen Biology (IPB), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
⁶ Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Laboratory, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.

Dafna Yahav et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;27(3):315-318.

doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.11.028. Epub 2020 Dec 5.

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, Rabin Medical Centre, Beilinson Hospital, Petah-Tikva, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: dafna.yahav@gmail.com.
² Infectious Diseases Unit, Rabin Medical Centre, Beilinson Hospital, Petah-Tikva, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
³ Geneva Centre for Emerging Viral Disease, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; Faculty of Medicine of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Laboratory of Virology, Laboratory Medicine Division, Diagnostic Department, Division of Infectious Disease. Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; Division of Infectious Disease, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Centre for Vaccinology and Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁵ MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens and Christophe Mérieux Laboratory, IPB, CAMS-Fondation Mérieux, Institute of Pathogen Biology (IPB), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
⁶ Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Laboratory, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.

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Keywords: COVID-19; PCR re-positivity; Reinfection; Relapse.

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