Quantifying the impact of immune history and variant on SARS-CoV-2 viral kinetics and infection rebound: a retrospective cohort study

Background The combined impact of immunity and SARS-CoV-2 variants on viral kinetics during infections has been unclear. Methods We characterized 2,875 infections from the National Basketball Association occupational health cohort identified between June 2020 and January 2022 using serial RT-qPCR testing. Logistic regression and semi-mechanistic viral RNA kinetics models were used to quantify…

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