Clinical and epidemiological features of patients with COVID-19 reinfection: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Recurrent positivity in a patient with COVID-19 may be due to various reasons, not necessarily reinfection. There is concern about the occurrence frequency of reinfection. Five databases and a preprint/preprint repository were searched. All case reports, case series, and observational studies were included. Bias was assessed for each study with the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale tool and reported according to the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA-2020). After eligibility, 77 studies were included for qualitative synthesis (52 case reports, 21 case series, and four case-controls; 1131 patients included). Of these, 16 studies described a second contact with the SARS-CoV-2 positive case, five studies described healthcare profession-related infection, ten studi

SUBMITTER: Toro-Huamanchumo CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9420201 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature