Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 reinfection by a phylogenetically distinct strain

Jan Van Elslande; Pieter Vermeersch; Kris Vandervoort; Tony Wawina-Bokalanga; Bert Vanmechelen; Elke Wollants; Lies Laenen; Emmanuel André; Marc Van Ranst; Katrien Lagrou; Piet Maes

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa1330

Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Sep 5 : ciaa1330.

Published online 2020 Sep 5. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1330

PMCID: PMC7499557

Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 reinfection by a phylogenetically distinct strain

Jan Van Elslande,¹ Pieter Vermeersch,^1,² Kris Vandervoort,³ Tony Wawina-Bokalanga,⁴ Bert Vanmechelen,⁴ Elke Wollants,⁴ Lies Laenen,¹ Emmanuel André,^1,⁵ Marc Van Ranst,^1,⁴ Katrien Lagrou,^1,⁵ and Piet Maes⁴

Jan Van Elslande

¹ Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine and National Reference Center for Respiratory Pathogens, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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Pieter Vermeersch

¹ Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine and National Reference Center for Respiratory Pathogens, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

² KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Leuven Belgium

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Kris Vandervoort

³ General practitioner, Huisartsen Molenstraat, Meerhout Belgium

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Tony Wawina-Bokalanga

⁴ KU Leuven, Rega Institute Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium

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Bert Vanmechelen

⁴ KU Leuven, Rega Institute Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium

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Elke Wollants

⁴ KU Leuven, Rega Institute Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium

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Lies Laenen

¹ Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine and National Reference Center for Respiratory Pathogens, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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Emmanuel André

¹ Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine and National Reference Center for Respiratory Pathogens, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

⁵ KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, Leuven, Belgium

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Marc Van Ranst

¹ Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine and National Reference Center for Respiratory Pathogens, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

⁴ KU Leuven, Rega Institute Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium

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Katrien Lagrou

¹ Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine and National Reference Center for Respiratory Pathogens, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

⁵ KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, Leuven, Belgium

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Piet Maes

⁴ KU Leuven, Rega Institute Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium

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