coinfection

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co·in·fec·tion | \ kō-in-ˈfek-shən

Definition of coinfection

: concurrent infection of a cell or organism with two organisms

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Recent Examples on the Web Whatever the historic prevalence of coinfection, the twindemic never happened last winter. — Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2021 The authors speculate that the Furin cleavage site could be acquired upon coinfection with either another bat or some other exotic species. — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021 Of those who didn’t have a coinfection, 36 percent stayed in the hospital for fewer than 5 days; 39 percent stayed between 5-7 days; and 24 percent stayed longer than a week. — Kate Wells, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2020 One big concern is coinfection—people getting COVID-19 and flu at once, says Ian Barr, deputy director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza in Melbourne, Australia. — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 14 Aug. 2020 Other health officials confirmed with cleveland.com that coinfection of the flu and COVID-19 coronavirus is possible. — cleveland, 18 Mar. 2020 There’s no direct advantage, Rivers says, because coinfection of both the flu and COVID-19 doesn’t appear to be common. — Molly Glick, Popular Science, 10 Mar. 2020 The best data about coinfection come from studies of more serious viruses, such as H.I.V. and hepatitis. — Richard Klasco, M.d., New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018 Wells suspects that she was exposed to hepatitis C during the same episode because coinfections were common in those days. — Sandra G. Boodman, Philly.com, 29 Sep. 2017

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