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MeSH Heading: Reinfection
Tree Number(s): C23.550.291.937.250
Unique ID: D000084063
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000084063
Scope Note: Infection by the same infectious agent following a recovery. Reinfection may be by a different strain or the same strain.
Entry Term(s): Re-infection; Recurrent Infection
Previous Indexing: Recurrence (1986-2020)
See Also: Latent Infection
Public MeSH Note: 2021
History Note: 2021
Date Established: 2021/01/01
Date of Entry: 2020/07/07
Revision Date: 2021/05/10

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Reinfection MeSH Descriptor Data 2025