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Researchers said the resident of Washoe County began experiencing symptoms consistent with a viral infection in late March and first tested positive for COVID-19 on April 18. His symptoms fully cleared up on April 27 and he tested negative for the virus on two separate occasions, on May 9 and May 26.

On May 31, the patient went to an urgent care facility reporting fever, headache, dizziness, cough, nausea and diarrhea. On June 5, he tested positive for COVID-19 and was hospitalized after a doctor found his oxygen levels were dangerously low. He required oxygen support in the hospital and reported symptoms that included myalgia, cough and shortness of breath. The patient later recovered and was discharged from the hospital.

The patient had no significant underlying conditions and no indications of a compromised immunity.

Researchers determined the patient was in fact infected on two separate occasions after finding significant genetic differences between the viruses responsible for each infection.

“These findings suggest that the patient was infected by SARS-CoV-2 on two separate occasions by a genetically distinct virus,” the study’s authors wrote. “Thus, previous exposure to SARS-CoV-2 might not guarantee total immunity in all cases.”

There have been at least 22 documented cases of reinfection worldwide since the beginning of the pandemic, but it’s not clear how common reinfection may be.

Findings
The patient had two positive tests for SARS-CoV-2, the first on April 18, 2020, and the second on June 5, 2020, separated by two negative tests done during follow-up in May, 2020. Genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 showed genetically significant differences between each variant associated with each instance of infection. The second infection was symptomatically more severe than the first.