Cases and etiologies of suspected COVID-19 reactivation.

COVID-19 SARS-CoV2 reactivation

Journal

Qatar medical journal
ISSN: 0253-8253
Titre abrégé: Qatar Med J
Pays: Qatar
ID NLM: 8101648

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 02 07 2020
accepted: 11 08 2020
entrez: 7 12 2020
pubmed: 8 12 2020
medline: 8 12 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Our article outlines a perspective on COVID-19 reactivation with considerations of implored commentary on behalf of the medical community regarding open discourse about this subject. Such a topic is paramount in elucidating parameters that pertain to testing, and subsequent public health population dynamics once uneventful cases pass. We argue that what some may refer to as a reinfection or reactivation of the virus, is actually a result of prolonged shedding of the virus complemented with occasional false positives/negatives and lab errors. This article was written with the perspective of informing in addition to engage discussions that distill salient, evidence-based characterization of COVID-19. We hope to recruit fellow academics in medicine who see trends in their own respective communities about people who re-test, and to explore their clinical outcomes.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33282710
doi: 10.5339/qmj.2020.26
pii: qmj.2020.26
pmc: PMC7684550
doi:

Types de publication

Editorial

Langues

eng

Pagination

26

Informations de copyright

© 2020 Ghali, Rico-Mesa, Nashawi, Cadena, licensee HBKU Press.

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Auteurs

Abdullah Ghali (A)

Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.

Juan Simon Rico-Mesa (JS)

Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.

Mouhamed Nashawi (M)

Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.

Jose Cadena (J)

Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.

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