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===Relapse or reinfection=== Some patients have described feeling fully recovered, then experiencing COVID-19 symptoms again, and feeling like their lungs were "on fire" for some weeks afterwards.<ref name="NYPost17042020" /> There has been uncertainty about whether this is a relapse due to the virus remaining at low levels in the body and being reactivated, an immune system rebound response, or a reinfection; a relapsing / remitting pattern of COVID-19 became known as [[Long COVID]].<ref name="NS-Oct2020">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2020/10/what-ive-learned-front-line-against-long-covid| title = What I've learned on the front line against Long Covid | last = Whitaker | first=Phil | authorlink= | date = |website=New Statesman|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-10-07}}</ref><ref name="Buskermolen">{{Cite journal | last = Buskermolen | first = Maaike | author-link = | last2 = Te Paske | first2 = Karlijn | author-link2 = | last3 = Van Beek | first3 = Janko | authorlink3 = | last4 = Kortbeek | first4 = Titia | author-link4 = | last5 = Gรถtz | first5 = Hannelore | authorlink5 = | last6 = Fanoy | first6 = Ewout | authorlink6 = | last7 = Feenstra | first7 = Sabiena | last8 = Richardus | first8 = Jan Hendrik | last9 = Vollaard | first9 = Albert | date = 2021-06-17| title = Relapse in the first 8 weeks after onset of COVID-19 disease in outpatients: Viral reactivation or inflammatory rebound?|url=https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(21)00310-8/abstract|journal=Journal of Infection|language=English|volume=|issue=|pages=|doi=10.1016/j.jinf.2021.06.015|issn=0163-4453|pmc=|pmid=34147529|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref><ref name="Tang2021">{{Cite journal | last = Tang | first = Xiujuan | last2 = Musa | first2 = Salihu S. | last3 = Zhao | first3 = Shi | last4 = He | first4 = Daihai | date = 2021-06-11| title = Reinfection or Reactivation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: A Systematic Review | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8226004/|journal=Frontiers in Public Health|volume=9|doi=10.3389/fpubh.2021.663045|issn=2296-2565|pmc=8226004|pmid=34178920}}</ref>
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