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Case Reports
. 2021 May-Jun;23(4-5):104803.
doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2021.104803. Epub 2021 Mar 2.

Recurrence of COVID-19 after recovery ? A case series in health care workers, France

Souheil Zayet  1 , Pierre-Yves Royer  2 , Lynda Toko  2 , Alix Pierron  2 , Vincent Gendrin  2 , Timothée Klopfenstein  3
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Case Reports

Recurrence of COVID-19 after recovery ? A case series in health care workers, France

Souheil Zayet et al. Microbes Infect. 2021 May-Jun.

Abstract

We describe 3 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 in health care workers in France involving presumed clinical and microbiological recurrence after recovery. All patients were immunocompetent with clinical mild form. These cases highlight the possibility of coronavirus disease-recurrence.

Keywords: COVID-19; Health care worker; Recovery; Recurrence; SARS-CoV-2.

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Timeline in COVID-19 patients with recurrent infection after recovery. Abbrevations: HCW: health care workers; W: week.
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