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Reinfection
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reinfection [‚rē·ən′fek·shən]
(medicine)
A second infection after recovery from an earlier infection with the same kind of organism.
Reinfection 

a second infection of a human or animal with the pathogen of an infectious disease. Reinfection is distinguished from the exacerbation of a disease after an apparent recovery, which is important in determining the medical methods used at the source of an epidemic.
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