How to Use reinfection in a Sentence

reinfection

noun

• The reinfection rate in Lake County for the week is 16.6%, according to the state site.
  — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
• And a booster dose, like a previous bout with the virus, does seem to decrease the chance of reinfection — but not by much.
  — New York Times, 16 May 2022
• So far a handful of reinfection cases have been recorded since the start of the outbreak late last year.
  — Suzi Ring, Bloomberg.com, 12 Oct. 2020
• What that means for reinfection is still a bit unclear.
  — Lela Moore, SELF, 20 July 2022
• The reinfection era began in earnest last winter, when the Omicron variant first spread around the globe.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2022
• The researchers said the reinfection was discovered when the patient returned from a trip to Spain last month.
  — Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2020
• At this juncture, there is little data on the reinfection rates of each strain.
  — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2021
• But immunity may have waned in the months since, raising the risk of reinfection.
  — Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 25 May 2023
• At the least, the CDC said, cases of Covid rebound don't appear to be related to reinfection.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 24 May 2022
• The best way to prevent again reinfection is to practice good hygiene.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2022
• But the risk of reinfection could climb as time passes, as well as if the virus mutates to evade immunity.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2023
• And in cases where reinfection causes no symptoms or just mild ones, people might still spread the virus.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2021
• The new trial is focused on probing the boundaries of human immunity and the effects of the virus on the body from the moment of reinfection.
  — Jenny Strasburg, WSJ, 18 Apr. 2021
• The median time between the first illness and reinfection was about 9 months.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 24 Nov. 2021
• Any infection in the past three months gives you about the same level of protection against reinfection as a booster will.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2022
• What does reinfection do to the body — particularly in terms of long Covid?
  — New York Times, 22 July 2022
• Jameel says Centaurus does not pose a big reinfection risk to people who caught BA.5.
  — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2022
• The researchers rated the risk of reinfection as less than 1% a month for at least 10 months following the initial infection.
  — Robert Hart, Forbes, 4 June 2021
• The report notes the findings are a reminder about the risks of reinfection for those who are immunocompromised.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023
• That test could also show whether people who did get sick are immune from reinfection.
  — Talal Ansari, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2020
• The known reinfection rate there jumped to 13.3% from late December to mid-January.
  — Brianna Abbott, WSJ, 6 May 2022
• That means that the human body will probably retain a memory of the virus for at least a few years and should be protected from reinfection, at least in the short-term.
  — Fox News, 14 May 2020
• Clean up and dispose of any fallen diseased leaves to help prevent a cycle of reinfection.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2018
• It is not yet known whether the P.1 variant causes more severe illness, though some research suggests this strain of the virus might lead to cases of reinfection.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 1 Feb. 2021
• An ideal vaccine would reduce your risk of reinfection for years, even decades.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2020
• The study also found that omicron poses a higher risk of reinfection.
  — Andrew Meldrum, ajc, 14 Dec. 2021
• Most adults born before the 1960s were exposed to the virus as children and likely are not vulnerable to reinfection.
  — Mari A. Schaefer, https://www.inquirer.com, 4 June 2019
• Fauci then explained that the studies Paul cited about reinfection don’t factor in the threat of variants.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2021
• Proponents of the bill, however, said the method is key to stopping reinfection and to combating rising STI cases across the country.
  — Jenna Barackman, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2024
• But an unlucky group has been hit with reinfection after reinfection.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024