Re-infection of SARS-CoV-2: A case in a young dental healthcare worker.

J Infect Public Health

Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address:

Published: June 2021

Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 is a rare phenomenon. To date, there has been some cases reported from countries such as United States, Ecuador, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Belgium. This case report presents the first case of reinfection from Saudi Arabia, and probably the first dental student to have been re-infected with COVID-19. A 24-year-old male dental student presents with reinfection after a period of three months since he was first infected with COVID-19. The signs and symptoms reported by the patient were similar in both instances, except that he developed fever only at the time of reinfection. The infection and reinfection were confirmed with a RT-PCR test reports. This report highlights how it is necessary to continue to observe all the prescriptions recently indicated in the literature in order to avoid new contagion for all health workers after healed from covid-19 or asymptomatic positive, since as seen sometimes the infection does not ensures complete immunity in 100% of cases.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7936729PMC
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