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letter . 2020 Sep 5:ciaa1330. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1330
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, Piet Maes
4,✉
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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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
3
General practitioner, Huisartsen Molenstraat, Meerhout Belgium
4
KU Leuven, Rega Institute Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium
5
KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, Leuven, Belgium
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Authors contributed equally
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Correspondence to: Piet Maes, KU Leuven, Rega Institute, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Herestraat 49 box 1040, BE3000 Leuven, Belgium, Email piet.maes@kuleuven.be
Received 2020 Aug 26.
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