Carolina K V Nonaka, Marília Miranda Franco, Tiago Gräf, Camila Araújo de Lorenzo Barcia, Renata Naves de Ávila Mendonça, Karoline Almeida Felix de Sousa, Leila M C Neiva, Vagner Fosenca, Ana V A Mendes, Renato Santana de Aguiar, Marta Giovanetti, Bruno Solano de Freitas Souza

PMID: 33605869 PMCID: PMC8084516 DOI: 10.3201/eid2705.210191

Abstract

Uncertainty remains about how long the protective immune responses against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 persists, and suspected reinfection in recovered patients has been reported. We describe a case of reinfection from distinct virus lineages in Brazil harboring the E484K mutation, a variant associated with escape from neutralizing antibodies.

Keywords: COVID-19, Spike Protein

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