A clinical case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) reinfection in a health care worker
- Authors: Kovtyukh I.V.1, Gendlin G.E.2, Nikitin I.G.2, Kabirova E.V.3, Markina O.Y.3
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Affiliations:
- Federal State Budgetary Institution of Healthcare Central Clinical Hospital of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
- City clinical hospital №24
- Issue: Vol 27, No 2 (2021)
- Pages: 195-200
- Section: Case reports
- URL: https://medjrf.com/0869-2106/article/view/76380
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/0869-2106-2021-27-2-195-200
- ID: 76380
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Abstract
The peculiarities of immune responses to a novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) and the possibility of reinfection due to the variability of humoral immunity are currently under discussion. This article presents a case of COVID-19 reinfection in a health care worker.
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About the authors
Irina V. Kovtyukh
Federal State Budgetary Institution of Healthcare Central Clinical Hospital of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: ivkovtuh@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9176-1889
Russian Federation, 1A Litovsky Boulevard, 117593, Moscow
Gennady E. Gendlin
N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Email: rgmut2@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7846-1611
MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor
Russian Federation, MoscowIgor G. Nikitin
N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Email: igor.nikitin.65@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1699-0881
MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor
Russian Federation, MoscowEkaterina V. Kabirova
City clinical hospital №24
Email: bazamarsa@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Mosсow
Olga Yu. Markina
City clinical hospital №24
Email: o.u@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Mosсow
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