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Reinfected

MedGen UID:
525952
•Concept ID:
C0205339
•
Pathologic Function
Synonyms: Re infection; Re-infection; Re-infections; Reinfection; Reinfections
SNOMED CT: Reinfected (91290007); Reinfection of (91290007); Reinfection (255230006)

Definition

A second infection by the same pathogen that follows a period of recovery. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVReinfected

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Bacterial vaginosis: drivers of recurrence and challenges and opportunities in partner treatment.
Vodstrcil LA, Muzny CA, Plummer EL, Sobel JD, Bradshaw CS
BMC Med 2021 Sep 2;19(1):194. doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-02077-3. PMID: 34470644Free PMC Article
Repeated praziquantel treatment and Opisthorchis viverrini infection: a population-based cross-sectional study in northeast Thailand.
Thinkhamrop K, Khuntikeo N, Sithithaworn P, Thinkhamrop W, Wangdi K, Kelly MJ, Suwannatrai AT, Gray DJ
Infect Dis Poverty 2019 Mar 20;8(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s40249-019-0529-5. PMID: 30890188Free PMC Article
Treatment of hepatitis C in special populations.
Suda G, Ogawa K, Morikawa K, Sakamoto N
J Gastroenterol 2018 May;53(5):591-605. Epub 2018 Jan 3 doi: 10.1007/s00535-017-1427-x. PMID: 29299684Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections in Health-Care Workers, 1 March 2020-31 January 2023.
Cegolon L, Magnano G, Negro C, Larese Filon F; ORCHESTRA Working Group
Viruses 2023 Jul 14;15(7) doi: 10.3390/v15071551. PMID: 37515237Free PMC Article
SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection and Severity of the Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Nguyen NN, Nguyen YN, Hoang VT, Million M, Gautret P
Viruses 2023 Apr 14;15(4) doi: 10.3390/v15040967. PMID: 37112949Free PMC Article
Reinfection in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review.
Ren X, Zhou J, Guo J, Hao C, Zheng M, Zhang R, Huang Q, Yao X, Li R, Jin Y
Glob Health Res Policy 2022 Apr 29;7(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s41256-022-00245-3. PMID: 35488305Free PMC Article
SARS-CoV-2 reinfection and COVID-19 severity.
Nguyen NN, Houhamdi L, Hoang VT, Delerce J, Delorme L, Colson P, Brouqui P, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Gautret P
Emerg Microbes Infect 2022 Dec;11(1):894-901. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2052358. PMID: 35264078Free PMC Article
Human Metapneumovirus.
Schuster JE, Williams JV
Microbiol Spectr 2014 Oct;2(5) doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.AID-0020-2014. PMID: 26104361

Diagnosis

Acute hepatitis C virus infection: clinical update and remaining challenges.
Liu CH, Kao JH
Clin Mol Hepatol 2023 Jul;29(3):623-642. Epub 2023 Feb 20 doi: 10.3350/cmh.2022.0349. PMID: 36800699Free PMC Article
Reinfection in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review.
Ren X, Zhou J, Guo J, Hao C, Zheng M, Zhang R, Huang Q, Yao X, Li R, Jin Y
Glob Health Res Policy 2022 Apr 29;7(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s41256-022-00245-3. PMID: 35488305Free PMC Article
SARS-CoV-2 reinfection and COVID-19 severity.
Nguyen NN, Houhamdi L, Hoang VT, Delerce J, Delorme L, Colson P, Brouqui P, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Gautret P
Emerg Microbes Infect 2022 Dec;11(1):894-901. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2052358. PMID: 35264078Free PMC Article
Clinical and laboratory outcomes of the solid cancer patients reinfected with SARS-CoV-2.
Ünsal O, Yazıcı O, Özdemir N, Çubukçu E, Ocak B, Üner A, Özet A
Future Oncol 2022 Feb;18(5):533-541. Epub 2021 Nov 26 doi: 10.2217/fon-2021-0621. PMID: 34825831Free PMC Article
Human Ascariasis: An Updated Review.
Leung AKC, Leung AAM, Wong AHC, Hon KL
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 2020;14(2):133-145. doi: 10.2174/1872213X14666200705235757. PMID: 32628606

Therapy

Acute hepatitis C virus infection: clinical update and remaining challenges.
Liu CH, Kao JH
Clin Mol Hepatol 2023 Jul;29(3):623-642. Epub 2023 Feb 20 doi: 10.3350/cmh.2022.0349. PMID: 36800699Free PMC Article
SARS-CoV-2 reinfection and implications for vaccine development.
Nainu F, Abidin RS, Bahar MA, Frediansyah A, Emran TB, Rabaan AA, Dhama K, Harapan H
Hum Vaccin Immunother 2020 Dec 1;16(12):3061-3073. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1830683. PMID: 33393854Free PMC Article
Human Ascariasis: An Updated Review.
Leung AKC, Leung AAM, Wong AHC, Hon KL
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 2020;14(2):133-145. doi: 10.2174/1872213X14666200705235757. PMID: 32628606
Treatment of hepatitis C in special populations.
Suda G, Ogawa K, Morikawa K, Sakamoto N
J Gastroenterol 2018 May;53(5):591-605. Epub 2018 Jan 3 doi: 10.1007/s00535-017-1427-x. PMID: 29299684Free PMC Article
Desirability and feasibility of a vaccine against cytomegalovirus.
Griffiths P, Plotkin S, Mocarski E, Pass R, Schleiss M, Krause P, Bialek S
Vaccine 2013 Apr 18;31 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):B197-203. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.10.074. PMID: 23598482Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Acute hepatitis C virus infection: clinical update and remaining challenges.
Liu CH, Kao JH
Clin Mol Hepatol 2023 Jul;29(3):623-642. Epub 2023 Feb 20 doi: 10.3350/cmh.2022.0349. PMID: 36800699Free PMC Article
The role of tryptophan in Chlamydia trachomatis persistence.
Wang L, Hou Y, Yuan H, Chen H
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022;12:931653. Epub 2022 Aug 2 doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.931653. PMID: 35982780Free PMC Article
Reinfection in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review.
Ren X, Zhou J, Guo J, Hao C, Zheng M, Zhang R, Huang Q, Yao X, Li R, Jin Y
Glob Health Res Policy 2022 Apr 29;7(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s41256-022-00245-3. PMID: 35488305Free PMC Article
Persistence and viability of SARS-CoV-2 in primary infection and reinfections.
Ruiz-Galiana J, De Lucas Ramos P, García-Botella A, García-Lledó A, Gómez-Pavón J, González Del Castillo J, Hernández-Sampelayo T, Martín-Delgado MC, Martín Sánchez FJ, Martínez-Sellés M, Molero García JM, Moreno Guillén S, Rodríguez-Artalejo FJ, Cantón R, Bouza E
Rev Esp Quimioter 2022 Feb;35(1):1-6. Epub 2021 Oct 18 doi: 10.37201/req/129.2021. PMID: 34661382Free PMC Article
Treatment of hepatitis C in special populations.
Suda G, Ogawa K, Morikawa K, Sakamoto N
J Gastroenterol 2018 May;53(5):591-605. Epub 2018 Jan 3 doi: 10.1007/s00535-017-1427-x. PMID: 29299684Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections in Health-Care Workers, 1 March 2020-31 January 2023.
Cegolon L, Magnano G, Negro C, Larese Filon F; ORCHESTRA Working Group
Viruses 2023 Jul 14;15(7) doi: 10.3390/v15071551. PMID: 37515237Free PMC Article
SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection and Severity of the Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Nguyen NN, Nguyen YN, Hoang VT, Million M, Gautret P
Viruses 2023 Apr 14;15(4) doi: 10.3390/v15040967. PMID: 37112949Free PMC Article
Determinants and prediction of Chlamydia trachomatis re-testing and re-infection within 1 year among heterosexuals with chlamydia attending a sexual health clinic.
Xu X, Chow EPF, Fairley CK, Chen M, Aguirre I, Goller J, Hocking J, Carvalho N, Zhang L, Ong JJ
Front Public Health 2022;10:1031372. Epub 2023 Jan 13 doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1031372. PMID: 36711362Free PMC Article
SARS-CoV-2 reinfection and COVID-19 severity.
Nguyen NN, Houhamdi L, Hoang VT, Delerce J, Delorme L, Colson P, Brouqui P, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Gautret P
Emerg Microbes Infect 2022 Dec;11(1):894-901. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2052358. PMID: 35264078Free PMC Article
Human Ascariasis: An Updated Review.
Leung AKC, Leung AAM, Wong AHC, Hon KL
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 2020;14(2):133-145. doi: 10.2174/1872213X14666200705235757. PMID: 32628606

Recent systematic reviews

Incidence and outcome of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in the pre-Omicron era: A global systematic review and meta-analysis.
Ismail NF, Rahman AE, Kulkarni D, Zhu F, Wang X, Del Carmen Morales G, Srivastava A, Allen KE, Spinardi J, Kyaw MH, Nair H
J Glob Health 2023 Nov 24;13:06051. doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.06051. PMID: 37994839Free PMC Article
SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection and Severity of the Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Nguyen NN, Nguyen YN, Hoang VT, Million M, Gautret P
Viruses 2023 Apr 14;15(4) doi: 10.3390/v15040967. PMID: 37112949Free PMC Article
Reinfection in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review.
Ren X, Zhou J, Guo J, Hao C, Zheng M, Zhang R, Huang Q, Yao X, Li R, Jin Y
Glob Health Res Policy 2022 Apr 29;7(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s41256-022-00245-3. PMID: 35488305Free PMC Article
Host determinants of reinfection with schistosomes in humans: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Mbanefo EC, Huy NT, Wadagni AA, Eneanya CI, Nwaorgu O, Hirayama K
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014 Sep;8(9):e3164. Epub 2014 Sep 11 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003164. PMID: 25211227Free PMC Article
Water, sanitation, hygiene, and soil-transmitted helminth infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Strunz EC, Addiss DG, Stocks ME, Ogden S, Utzinger J, Freeman MC
PLoS Med 2014 Mar;11(3):e1001620. Epub 2014 Mar 25 doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001620. PMID: 24667810Free PMC Article

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