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coinfection

coinfection

1 6.7
Two or more different germs causing sickness in the same person at the same time
  • noun
  • /ˌkoʊɪnˈfɛkʃən/
  • Specialized
: coinfección
  • HBV and HIV coinfection is common because the risk factors for the two viruses are similar.
  • HIV coinfection
  • tuberculosis coinfection
  • HBV and HIV coinfection

Examples

  • In patients with chronic HBV and HDV coinfection, the HDV suppresses HBV replication without significant effect on the expression of HBsAg.

    Academic text (1994)
  • However, having gastrointestinal symptoms and coinfection with HIV were also significant and independent risk factors for ADR.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Likewise, HDV coinfection could lead to more aggressive liver disease in individuals infected with HIV-1.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Such coinfections are associated with progressive chronic liver disease and more severe acute HBV infection.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The figure shows an ecological association between the increasing incidence of HIV/M tuberculosis coinfection and the increasing incidence of acquired drug resistance.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Coinfection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV-1 is common because of shared modes of transmission.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Previous studies have reported a frequent occurrence of fulminant hepatic failure due to HBV infection by coinfection with HCV or HDV.

    Academic text (1996)
  • With coinfection, the clinical course is usually self-limiting because the HDV cannot outlive the transient HBV infection, but with a superinfection, the attack can be very severe.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The high rate of GBV-C in patients with HBV-associated fulminant hepatic failure might be due to the risk being the same for the two infections, such as drug use, or to the acceleration of HBV infection by coinfection with GBV-C.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Patients with coinfection of hepatitis B and HIV often require a tailored treatment approach due to the complexity of their condition.

How Many

superinfection
  • Specialized
1 7.8
coinfection
  • Specialized
1 6.7
infection
  • Specialized
553 3.1

Surface Forms

coinfection singular
coinfections plural

Morphology

coinfection = infection (transparent) = co + infect + ion

Formed by adding the productive prefix 'co-' (together) to the familiar noun 'infection', yielding the meaning 'simultaneous infections'.

Etymology

Coinfection combines the part co- meaning 'together' and infection meaning 'an illness caused by germs'. Like in cooperate, co- shows 'together', so a coinfection is when two or more germs infect a person at the same time.