Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/45561
metadata.artigo.dc.title: Clinical immunity in discharged medical patients with COVID-19
metadata.artigo.dc.creator: Mumoli, Nicola
Vitale, Josè
Mazzone, Antonino
metadata.artigo.dc.subject: COVID-19
Immunity
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
metadata.artigo.dc.publisher: Elsevier
metadata.artigo.dc.date.issued: Oct-2020
metadata.artigo.dc.identifier.citation: MUMOLI, N.; VITALE, J.; MAZZONE, A. Clinical immunity in discharged medical patients with COVID-19. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, [S.l.], v. 99, p. 229-230, Oct. 2020.
metadata.artigo.dc.description.abstract: Background Most studies on SARS-CoV-2 infection show that people who have recovered from COVID-19 have antibodies to the virus. No study has evaluated whether the presence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 confers immunity to the infection relapse but however, to date, no human reinfections with SARS-CoV-2 have been confirmed. Material and methods In our prospective, multicenter, cohort study we investigated within three months all patients, with confirmed COVID-19, discharged from two Hospitals (Legnano and Magenta Hospitals), in an area of Italy severely affected by the infection. Telephone follow-up at 1 and 2 months and clinical contact within 3 months was initiated; demographic, clinical, radiologic and laboratory data were recorded in electronic medical records and updated. Results Of 1081 patients involved, 804 (74.3%) were discharged alive. For all these patients we obtained follow-up data. At 1 and 2 months none has died and none has had any signs of recurrence of infectious at both telephone interview and clinical visit. Conclusion Our clinical observation have confirmed two basic points: the reinfection is very unlikely and any antibody immunity protects against recurrence, at least in the short term.
metadata.artigo.dc.identifier.uri: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220306238
http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/45561
metadata.artigo.dc.language: en_US
Appears in Collections:FCS - Artigos sobre Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Files in This Item:
There are no files associated with this item.


Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.