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A case of active Covid-19 infection and transmission after the first dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination in Saudi Arabia: A case report
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Title: | A case of active Covid-19 infection and transmission after the first dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination in Saudi Arabia: A case report |
Authors: | Allam, AA Sayed, AA |
Item Type: | Journal Article |
Abstract: | A 47-year-old non-smoker male who has received the first dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 vaccine in Saudi Arabia. At day 3 post-vaccination, he tested negative for Covid-19 and travelled to Egypt. On day 12 he developed runny nose, body ache and fever, and he reportedly tested (PCR) negative for Covid-19 Upon his return to Saudi on day 15, his symptoms have worsened and he presented to the Emergency Department, at which he tested positive for Covid-19. The patient was overweight (BMI = 29), was not suffering from any comorbidities and was not taking any medication. Upon examination, he was vitally stable and his laboratory investigation only revealed a slightly increased Creatinine. His chest X-ray was unremarkable. His condition did not require hospital admission, so he was discharged and advised to home-isolate himself. Four days after his discharge, his entire household came to the hospital and tested positive for Covid-19. This is the first case report, in Saudi Arabia, of a person receiving the first dose of the BNT162b2 vaccine and got infected with Covid-19 afterwards. The report highlights the significance of receiving the second dose of the vaccine to be effective. It also demonstrates that those with a single dose mRNA vaccine, could get infected and transmit the infection. |
Issue Date: | Aug-2021 |
Date of Acceptance: | 7-Jul-2021 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/90497 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.07.006 |
ISSN: | 1876-0341 |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Start Page: | 1123 |
End Page: | 1125 |
Journal / Book Title: | Journal of Infection and Public Health |
Volume: | 14 |
Issue: | 8 |
Copyright Statement: | © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | 1117 Public Health and Health Services 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences |
Publication Status: | Published |
Open Access location: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034121001933/pdfft?md5=610398d503fb1e50d5504dca4ccb229f&pid=1-s2.0-S1876034121001933-main.pdf |
Online Publication Date: | 2021-07-13 |
Appears in Collections: | Department of Surgery and Cancer Department of Infectious Diseases Imperial College London COVID-19 |
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