Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis . SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity in individuals with prior seasonal coronavirus infection

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Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis


. 2021 Feb 9;100(2):115338.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115338. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity in individuals with prior seasonal coronavirus infection


Saurabh Gombar ¹ , Timothy Bergquist ² , Vikas Pejaver ² , Noah E Hammarlund ² , Kanagavel Murugesan ¹ , Sean Mooney ² , Nigam Shah ³ , Benjamin A Pinsky ⁴ , Niaz Banaei ⁵



Affiliations

• PMID: 33610036
• DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115338

Abstract

We show that individuals with documented history of seasonal coronavirus have a similar SARS-CoV-2 infection rate and COVID-19 severity as those with no prior history of seasonal coronavirus. Our findings suggest prior infection with seasonal coronavirus does not provide immunity to subsequent infection with SARS-CoV-2.

Keywords: Coronavirus; Immune response; SARS-CoV-2.