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(ANSA) – ROME, AUGUST 29 – A 25-year-old from the state of Nevada who had contracted the coronavirus and then was cured has fallen ill again: this is the first documented case of reinfection in the United States.
Genetic testing by the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine and the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory indicates that the young man has contracted two different strains of the coronavirus, according to CNN.
The patient first tested positive in April after experiencing a sore throat, cough, headache, nausea and diarrhea. Then it got better towards the end of the month and then tested negative on two swabs.
The young man had no symptoms for about a month, but on May 31 he began to feel unwell again – with the same symptoms as the previous month – and five days later he was hospitalized for respiratory failure and returned again. positive result.
The Nevada researchers analyzed the genetic material taken from both coronavirus samples and the result indicates that they are two different viral infections.
As is known, the world’s first case of coronavirus reinfection certified by genetic testing emerged just a few days ago and involved a 33-year-old man from Hong Kong who was attacked four months later by two different strains of the SarsCov2 virus. (HANDLE).
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