"Coinfection" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D060085
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.218 C02.219 C03.202
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| Concept/Terms |
Coinfection- Coinfection
- Coinfections
- Polymicrobial Infection
- Infection, Polymicrobial
- Infections, Polymicrobial
- Polymicrobial Infections
- Co-infection
- Co infection
- Co-infections
- Mixed Infection
- Infection, Mixed
- Infections, Mixed
- Mixed Infections
Secondary Infections- Secondary Infections
- Infection, Secondary
- Infections, Secondary
- Secondary Infection
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Coinfection" by people in this website by year, and whether "Coinfection" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2012 | 11 | 23 | 34 |
| 2013 | 23 | 20 | 43 |
| 2014 | 23 | 17 | 40 |
| 2015 | 27 | 29 | 56 |
| 2016 | 28 | 32 | 60 |
| 2017 | 30 | 22 | 52 |
| 2018 | 21 | 22 | 43 |
| 2019 | 33 | 25 | 58 |
| 2020 | 24 | 27 | 51 |
| 2021 | 35 | 13 | 48 |
| 2022 | 30 | 1 | 31 |
| 2023 | 26 | 3 | 29 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Coinfection" by people in Profiles.
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Risk Factors for Viral Coinfections in Blood Donors in Bahia, Brazil. J Med Virol. 2025 Feb; 97(2):e70186.
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Proteomic profiling of the local and systemic immune response to pediatric respiratory viral infections. mSystems. 2025 Jan 21; 10(1):e0133524.
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New Window Into Hepatitis B in Africa: Liver Sampling Combined With Single-Cell Omics Enables Deep and Longitudinal Assessment of Intrahepatic Immunity in Zambia. J Infect Dis. 2024 Nov 15; 230(5):e1171-e1175.
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Transfusion-transmissible coinfections among US blood donors. Transfusion. 2024 Dec; 64(12):2241-2246.
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Cellular dynamics shape recombination frequency in coronaviruses. PLoS Pathog. 2024 Sep; 20(9):e1012596.
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HIV and hepatitis C virus infection and co-infection among trans women in San Francisco, 2020. PLoS One. 2024; 19(9):e0307990.
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Research on Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Asia: Data on Treatment Outcomes and Emerging Co-Morbidities from the TREAT Asia Network. Clin Perinatol. 2024 Dec; 51(4):911-923.
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Association of Intestinal Helminthiasis with Disseminated Leishmaniasis, Brazil. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Sep; 30(9):1970-1972.
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Varied Prevalence of Antimalarial Drug Resistance Markers in Different Populations of Newly Arrived Refugees in Uganda. J Infect Dis. 2024 Aug 16; 230(2):497-504.
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Characteristics of medically attended influenza infection across age groups before the COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon. J Infect Public Health. 2024 Sep; 17(9):102521.