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单词 reinfection
释义

reinfection

noun

re·​in·​fec·​tion ˌrē-in-ˈfek-shən How to pronounce reinfection (audio)
: infection following recovery from or superimposed on infection of the same type
reinfect
ˌrē-in-ˈfekt How to pronounce reinfection (audio)
transitive verb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Generally, those who develop COVID-19 carry a low risk of reinfection in the weeks to months after falling ill, according to the CDC. Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 But the reinfection landscape has been upended even further as California has been walloped with a family of increasingly transmissible omicron subvariants. Rong-gong Lin Ii And Luke Money, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022 Are those just stories, or is reinfection really more common now, with the BA.5 variant? Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2022 But the reinfection landscape has been upended even further as California has been walloped with a family of increasingly transmissible Omicron subvariants. Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022 Data from Qatar suggests people who survived a COVID-19 infection before the Omicron variant have only around 15% protection against a symptomatic reinfection by BA.4 or BA.5. Alexander Tin, CBS News, 27 July 2022 The variant is keeping experts on their toes because of its ability to evade immunity and cause reinfection. Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 27 July 2022 In a preprint study looking at 257,000 U.S. veterans who'd contracted Covid at least once, 12% had a reinfection by April and about 1% had been infected three times or more. Aria Bendix, NBC News, 23 July 2022 What does reinfection do to the body — particularly in terms of long Covid? New York Times, 22 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

reinfection

noun

re·​in·​fec·​tion ˌrē-in-ˈfek-shən How to pronounce reinfection (audio)
: infection following recovery from or superimposed on a previous infection of the same type
rescreening aimed at detecting reinfection following treatment Diana Mahoney
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