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UMass Medical School and Broad Institute document COVID-19 reinfection in liver transplant patient Study highlights importance of widespread vaccination against COVID-19 to protect against community spread By Susan E.W. Spencer April 29, 2021 A case study by researchers from UMass Medical School and The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, published in Annals of Internal Medicine April 20, has documented evidence of COVID-19 reinfection in a patient who previously had the disease, confirming the second episode was not a relapse. Study authors said that it i...

A liver transplant recipient was reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 111 days after his initial diagnosis. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard used viral genomic sequencing to distinguish whether the later positive samples were due to SARS-CoV-2 relapse or reinfection. The case report is published in Annals of Internal Medicine. A 61-year-old man with a history of liver transplant reported to the emergency department (ED) complaining of fever, nausea, vomiting, and cough. The patient tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection with a...