coinfection
Sign in to saveCoinfection is the simultaneous infection of a host by multiple pathogen species. In virology, coinfection includes simultaneous infection of a single cell by two or more virus particles. An example is the coinfection of liver cells with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis D virus, which can arise incrementally by initial infection followed by superinfection.
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Research
54,215 papers- The frequency of influenza and bacterial coinfection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2016
- Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Coinfection.Frontiers in immunology · 2022
- The nature and consequences of coinfection in humans.The Journal of infection · 2011
- Coinfection by Ixodes Tick-Borne Pathogens: Ecological, Epidemiological, and Clinical Consequences.Trends in parasitology · 2016
- Coinfection of Schistosoma (Trematoda) with bacteria, protozoa and helminths.Advances in parasitology · 2011
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Coinfection is the simultaneous infection of a host by multiple pathogen species. In virology, coinfection includes simultaneous infection of a single cell by two or more virus particles. An example is the coinfection of liver cells with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis D virus, which can arise incrementally by initial infection followed by superinfection.
Global prevalence or incidence of coinfection among humans is unknown, but it is thought to be commonplace, sometimes more common than single infection. Coinfection with helminths affects around 800 million people worldwide.
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