reinfection
noun
re·in·fec·tion
ˌrē-in-ˈfek-shən 
: infection following recovery from or superimposed on infection of the same type
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What actually happened was that SARS-CoV-2 began mutating quickly, first to be more transmissible and then to evade our immunity, causing breakthrough infections and reinfections.
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Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
Some organizations will continue to treat destructive cyberattacks as business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) scenarios, resulting in extended downtime due to reinfection and reattack.
—James Blake, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The researchers found that the level of severity of initial infections tended to foreshadow the severity of reinfections.
—Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
The only bright spot in the new data was that regardless of what a person was infected with—pre-omicron or omicron—protection from severe, critical, or fatal COVID-19 during a reinfection was nearly 100 percent, and that level of protection was sustained for over a year.
—Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2025
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Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
Some organizations will continue to treat destructive cyberattacks as business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) scenarios, resulting in extended downtime due to reinfection and reattack.
—James Blake, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The researchers found that the level of severity of initial infections tended to foreshadow the severity of reinfections.
—Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
The only bright spot in the new data was that regardless of what a person was infected with—pre-omicron or omicron—protection from severe, critical, or fatal COVID-19 during a reinfection was nearly 100 percent, and that level of protection was sustained for over a year.
—Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Reinfection.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reinfection. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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reinfection
noun
re·in·fec·tion
ˌrē-ən-ˈfek-shən
: infection following recovery from another infection of the same kind
reinfect
verb
ˌre-ən-ˈfekt
Medical Definition
reinfection
noun
re·in·fec·tion
ˌrē-in-ˈfek-shən
: 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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