So sort of like a shingles type of thing that you get it again because it is in your body...(but perhaps not a life long worry that it will flair up 20 years from now).. rather than you are recovered cured and you caught it again because you were around it again.
I think way too much is unknown on this. I think it is still in your body despite negative test..and you could be shedding it .
Not sure if the molecular assay test would be negative if it was still in your body but that is far above my knowledge.
When you are in a military hospital in Japan they are not going to release you just on some basic rapid test saying you are cured
There is some heavy duty evidence that you are cured before they you let go to Israel.
So it is curious as to how he suddenly got sick again.Btw, the guy who got it again is the brother of someone who also had it and was at that hospital., IIRC.
Might have gotten sick again from another source. Mutations are sometimes involved.