SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in a healthcare professional in inner Sao Paulo during the first wave of COVID-19 in Brazil

Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic remains a threat to public health. We report 2 cases of Coronavirus Dis-ease 2019 infection in the same healthcare professional in Brazil. Genomic analysis identified that primoin-fection was caused by the endemic lineage B.1.1.33 while reinfection by the lineage B.1.1.44, a lineage with an additional V1176F mutation in S protein. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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This study reports two cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 infection in the same healthcare professional in Brazil. Genomic analysis identified that the first infection was caused by lineage B.1.1.33 while reinfection was caused by lineage B.1.1.44 with an additional V1176F mutation in the S protein.