Very probable case of reinfection in an Israeli doctor? I'd give it 99% bc known new chain of transmission and 2 month asymptomatic period w neg tests https://m.jpost.com/health-science/israeli-doctor-reinfected-with-coronavirus-3-months-after-recovering-635550 …
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a very clear documented case?
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Replying to @GregNN @nanogenomic and
Would be a lot more compelling if we had sequence information.
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Replying to @CT_Bergstrom @GregNN and
What changes if it turns out to be real reinfection but still very rare?
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If very rare in general, not much. If very rare at 2 months, rare at 3 months, becoming common at 4 months, common at 5 months, we've got problems.
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That is exactly my concern, would we get any other signal for common at 5 months besides rare now at 2 months, etc? Is anyone you know studying it? Who's studying it and funded to? Really could be no one. A Dr/nurse setting would be ideal with known repeated exposure.
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@Merz do you know anyone sequencing potential reinfection cases to empirically check? I'm concerned no one is doing so, as I've found no examples of falsified potential reinfections. The closest I've seen is attempts to culture virus being negative eg in the S Korea study in May2 replies 1 retweet 10 likes -
Replying to @GregNN @CT_Bergstrom and
I don't. It's an important thing to do. Also, on reflection, I'd really prefer to see that samples from the second infection actually contain infectious virus by plaque assay.
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Agreed, but in the absence of that, a person secreting viral genome for a period 6-12-times the replacement time of the epithelia of the respiratory tract and gut is at lest suggestive of ongoing replication. Perhaps isolate them until plaque assays give a firmer indication.
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