Confirmed Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Reinfections After a Second Wave With Predominance of Lambda in Lima and Callao, Peru.
Luis Pampa-EspinozaCarlos Padilla-RojasJavier Silva-ValenciaVictor Jimenez-VasquezIris S MolinaOrson MestanzaPriscila Lope-PariOmar Alberto Caceres ReyHenri BailonLuis Bárcena-FloresMarco Galarza PérezM Paquita GarcíaRonnie Gustavo GavilánNancy RojasMiryam Palomino-RodríguezMaribel HuaringaPamela Rios MontezaLuis OrdoñezManuel G Fernández-NavarroNatalia Vargas-HerreraLely SolariPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2022)
We report 30 cases of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 reinfections. The Lambda variant was the most common cause of the second infections, in concordance with its predominant circulation during Peru's second wave. This report describes the largest series of confirmed reinfections by SARS-CoV-2 in Latin America.We describe the epidemiological, clinical, and genomic characteristics of the confirmed cases of reinfection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in Lima and Callao, durante la segunda ola en Peru. The Lambda variant (C.37) was the most common cause of the second infections.