Co-infection is the simultaneous infection of a host with more than one pathogen .
Synonyms
Coinfektion
Detailed description
Pathogens simultaneously infecting the same host can interact. This may have positive or negative consequences for the host. A well-known example is the common HIV infection of tuberculosis patients.
The prevention and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections has made great strides in recent years. At the same time, however, new challenges are emerging, for example in connection
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Stephan Urban, DZIF professor at Heidelberg University Hospital, receives the Baruch S. Blumberg Prize 2023 from the Hepatitis B Foundation, a global non-profit organisation. The virologist is being
Between 10 and 20 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis D virus (HDV). HDV infection is always associated with hepatitis B virus infection. So far there has been no satisfactory
Specific biomarkers in the blood can indicate the onset of tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-infected individuals six to twelve months earlier than TB diagnosis by sputum. This is the finding of researchers
