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Abstract
Simultaneous infection of a host organism by two or more pathogens. In virology, coinfection commonly refers to simultaneous infection of a single cell by two or more different viruses.
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Synonyms
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- Co-infection
- Mixed Infection
- Polymicrobial Infection
- Co infection
- Co-infections
- Coinfections
- Infection, Mixed
- Infection, Polymicrobial
- Infections, Mixed
- Infections, Polymicrobial
- Mixed Infections
- Polymicrobial Infections
- Secondary Infection
- Secondary Infections
- Infection, Secondary
- Infections, Secondary
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Aspects Covered
36 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate with specific infections if pertinent
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History Note
2012
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Coinfection. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D060085. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D060085
- Coinfection. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinfection
- Coinfection. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1243018