THE FIRST REPORT OF A POSSIBLE SARS-CoV-2 REINFECTION IN NEPAL

Ranjit  Sah; Namrata  Roy; Alfonso J.  Rodríguez-Morales; Aman  Mishra; Santa Kumar  Das; Laxman  Shrestha; Yogendra Prasad  Singh; Niranjan Prasad  Shah; Hari Prasad  Kattel; Zareena  Fathah; Sadeq  Quraishi; Ebrahim  Barkoudah; Akihiko  Ozaki; Tetsuya  Tanimoto; Andy  Crump; Ruchi  Tiwari; Khan  Sharun; Senthilkumar  Natesan; Karam Pal  Singh; Kuldeep  Dhama

doi:10.18006/2021.9(1).1.4

Authors

Ranjit Sah Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
Namrata Roy Department of Medicine, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India
Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales Latin American Network of COVID-19 Research (LANCOVID), Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
Aman Mishra Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
Santa Kumar Das Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
Laxman Shrestha Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
Yogendra Prasad Singh Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
Niranjan Prasad Shah Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
Hari Prasad Kattel Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
Zareena Fathah Kings College London, London, UK
Sadeq Quraishi Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine - Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ebrahim Barkoudah Harvard School of Public Health Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Akihiko Ozaki Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Tetsuya Tanimoto Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Andy Crump Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Ruchi Tiwari Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Sciences, UP Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Pashu Chikitsa VigyanVishwavidyalay Evum Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU), Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India
Khan Sharun Division of Surgery, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Senthilkumar Natesan Department of Infectious Diseases, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Lekawada, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Karam Pal Singh Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Kuldeep Dhama Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18006/2021.9(1).1.4

Keywords:

SARS-CoV-2, Covid-19, Reinfection, Nepal

Abstract

Since August 2020, a growing number of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases, after approximately three months, in most of them, again presented a new infection episode, which has been defined as reinfection. So far, no cases have been reported in Nepal, and still there is limited the number of them, especially of those fully confirmed. Here, we report a case and discuss its multiple implications in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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