id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-275842-dtdb4yuc Nachmias, Vered The First Case of Documented Covid-19 Reinfection in Israel 2020-10-01 .txt text/plain 1162 62 59 After 25 million confirmed Covid -19 infections worldwide (1), a major question has been whether reinfections with this virus are possible, potentially endangering the lives of people who recovered from this deadly virus and people who are in contact with them. In Hong Kong details of the case of a 33-year-old man reveal that he first tested positive for COVID-19 in late March 2020 and developed cough, sore throat, fever and headache. We describe a case of confirmed Covid -19 reinfection in Israel, where the infection rates have been among the highest worldwide (6) . It has been expected that if the immune response generated after an initial infection could not prevent a second case, then it should at least stave off more severe illness (7 ) . Generally, people who contract Covid-19 develop a healthy immune response of both antibodies and T cells, similar to other viral infections (7) . ./cache/cord-275842-dtdb4yuc.txt ./txt/cord-275842-dtdb4yuc.txt