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. 2021 Jan-Feb:39:101947.
doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101947. Epub 2020 Dec 8.

COVID-19 reinfection? A suspected case in a Peruvian patient

Kovy Arteaga-Livias  1 , Vicky Panduro-Correa  2 , Karim Pinzas-Acosta  3 , Lourdes Perez-Abad  4 , Samuel Pecho-Silva  5 , Fabiola Espinoza-Sánchez  6 , Bernardo Dámaso-Mata  6 , Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales  7
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COVID-19 reinfection? A suspected case in a Peruvian patient

Kovy Arteaga-Livias et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2021 Jan-Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Latin America; Peru; Reinfection; SARS-CoV-2.

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Chest CT-scan during the two episodes of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 in our patient. A. First episode, June 30, 2020. B. Second episode, October 10, 2020.
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